STONE

About

STONE is an ambitious, three-year project initiated by Edinburgh College of Art to research techniques of working stone (funded by the AHRC). Through extensive travel, filmmaking and working with artists and craftsmen internationally, STONE aims to build up an archive of information that might otherwise be lost. This exhibition presents a selection of the resulting objects, documentary films and photographs. The project also considers the use of stone in contemporary art practice. During August 2009, the Edinburgh Milestone Carve saw ten contemporary artists from across the world each create a new work using a block of one metre square stone. These sculptures — by Joel Fisher, Hayashi Takeshi, Jake Harvey, Carlos Lizaraturry Moro, Gerard Mas, Atsuo Okamoto, Peter Randall-Page, Sibylle Pasche, Daniel Silver and Susanne Specht — will form the open air element of the exhibition. BOOK NOW> Stone carving workshop with Marcia Bennett-Male | 14-18 July | 10am-4pm | £255 / £225 conc. | £130 bursary place | Please email education@ysp.co.uk or call 01924 832528