ENLIGHTENMENT exhibition - on tour in Scotland
Since its launch in March 2010, the critically acclaimed photography exhibition, ENLIGHTENMENT: The Art of Science has gone from strength to strength.
As the exhibition tours the country people continue to be genuinely taken by surprise at the diversity, creativity and sheer beauty of the images within the exhibition.
The vision of ENLIGHTENMENT involves reaching out and inspiring as many members of the public as possible with its close collaboration of art and science. With this core concept in mind the exhibition has hit the road, drawing in the crowds with appreciation and interest throughout Scotland.
Members of the public in Orkney were able to enjoy the images during the Orkney International Science Festival. ENLIGHTENMENT was on display in Kirkwall from 2nd - 7th September. As part of the Science Festival programme, Photographer David McIntyre and Dr Lee Innes, Communications Director and a Principal Scientist at Moredun also presented the story behind the exhibition at their talk, Images of Research: Journey through Scotland.
“We had a range of different people coming to see the exhibition in Orkney and we really enjoyed meeting them and discussing some of the concepts behind the images. People see different things in the photographs and we are collecting their impressions and thoughts as we take the exhibition to different venues” - Lee Innes and David McIntyre, ENLIGHTENMENT
Heriot-Watt University chose ENLIGHTENMENT as the backdrop to launch their new Postgraduate Centre at their Edinburgh Campus. Sir Bill Gammell, Chief Executive of Cairn Energy PLC officially opened the new centre on 23rd September. The state-of-the-art facility housed the exhibition from 23rd to 29th September 2010.
The month of October 2010 saw the images take up residence at Aberdeen’s Satrosphere Science Centre. The centre provided a fitting environment for the exhibition and captured the imagination of young budding scientists of the future. From the 1st November 2010 to Jan 2011, Dundee's Sensation Centre hosted the Exhibition to continued acclaim.
The collection of 30 images is inspired by the world class scientific research being conducted within the Scottish Research Institutes forming the knowledgescotland partnership. Enlightenment aims to invite curiosity and provoke debate about scientific discovery and its relevance to our everyday lives.
Listings for ENLIGHTENMENT:
- 2 - 7 September: Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall, Orkney
- 23 - 29 September: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
- 1 - 28 October: Satrosphere Science Centre, Aberdeen
- 1 November - January 2011: Sensation, Dundee
- April 2011 : Edinburgh Waverley Centre (open air) and City Arts Centre
- 2011 (date to be announced) : Glasgow Science Centre
- 2011 (date to be announced) : Eden Court Theatre