Steep Trail Conference

Collaboration: Improving the Model

12 June 2013, 9.30am-4.00pm
Venue: Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, EH21 6AA
The event is free but places must be booked in advance.

To book your place emailadmin@edinburghsculpture.org or call Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop on 0131 551 4490.

The nature of collaboration, particularly cross-disciplinary, is examined with a view to asking how current models of collaboration function, and ways in which they could be improved.

This day-long conference is being organised as part of Steep Trail, an international project set up by Polarcap, Fife Contemporary Art & Craft and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, to explore the legacy of John Muir and his continuing relevance to current environmental and cultural debate in the 21st century with a keynote speech by Dr Iain Biggs of the University of the West of England and chaired by Ben Twist of Creative Carbon Scotland.

The project has developed through several strands, art/eco labs were established along the East coast of Scotland which brought together artists, scientists and environmental activists to follow John Muir’s example of physical and intellectual exploration through walking and talking. Participants met over two days to discuss their work within the contexts of climate change, public dissemination and social impact. Talks about the project have allowed other organisations within and outside of Scotland to use this model, and artist exchanges and exhibitions set up between China and Scotland in 2012 have widened the context of the discussion.

Using themes identified from these activities, the conference seeks to bring together strands of shared concerns between artists, scientists and writers including conservation, sustainability, climate change and the role of contemporary art in helping to foster effective dialogues.

Chair, Ben Twist:  Creative Carbon Scotland
Keynote Speaker, Dr Iain Biggs: University of the West of England-
Prof David Munro: Historical geographer, author
Mary Modeen: artist and Senior Lecturer  the University of Dundee.
Claudia Zeiske: Director Deveron Arts,
Rania Ho: artist in Beijing, Co-founder of Arrow Factory,
Graeme Todd: artist, co-founder of  Polarcap and Steep Trail
Dr Alexandra Wortley: Royal Botanic Gardens and Hamer Dodds, artist, cross disciplinary practitioners
Chris Fremantle: producer, researcher, writer cultural historian

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