Syn Festival

Syn Festival, Summerhall, Edinburgh, 22 March – 4 April 2019.

I was glad to be invited to the 6th edition of the Syn Festival. As part of the exhibition Utopias I presented Big Hits (Wars And Songs Commencing From The Year I Was Born), a video reasoning on society’s perception of war, and I gave a talk on my research about geographical maps.

Utopias: Eighteen contemporary artists who live and work in Scotland explore concepts of “utopia”. Taking as a starting point Thomas More’s ground-breaking book, first published in 1516, the artists present their own responses on utopian thought in the context of contemporary politics.

Invited artists: Alessandro Di Massimo, Rhona Taylor, Calum Thom and Olivia Turner.

Selected artists: Anna Berrino, Rachael Bibby, Andy Cumming, Michael Dawson, Sally Mairs, Nikkita Morgan, Callum Russell, StAm, Marissa Stoffer, Rhona Sword, Michael Kay Terence, Jamie Watt, Matthew Wilson and Ana Yarza.