METAMORPHOSIS

TRANSFORMATION

EXHIBITION

 http://www.synfestivaledinburgh.co.uk/

10-22 MARCH 2017

OPENING: Thursday 9th MARCH 19.00-21.00

10.00-17.00 Everyday (except Sundays)

Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh

Admission is FREE. Donations will be given to volunteer groups supporting refugees in Greece.

Artists:
Mhairi Bell-Moodie
Michael Dawson
Alex Hackett and Alix Villanueva
Rebecca Holloway
Яachel Lee
Axe Marnie
Julia Alexandra Mee
Ursula Mestre
Fionnuala Mottishaw
Georgia Rose Murray
Kyle Noble
Ioanna Papadimitriou
Paraskevi Papagianni
Tonia Papapetrou
Despina Petridou
Marissa Stoffer
Roween Suess
Jacqueline Thow
Christopher Philip Ward
Susana Wessling

Metamorphosis has always been considered one of the most fantastic mythical motifs, as expressed through literature and other arts. Since the beginning of humankind’s existence, myths of transformation have remained unrivaled in the Western world as sources of imaginative inspiration for art and literature. From Greek to Scottish mythology and from folklore to contemporary fiction, the act of metamorphosing from one physical form into another is a common theme in the mythologies of various cultures. On the other hand, in biology, metamorphosis is a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly.

Considering art as transformation, as a procedure that transforms materials into new objects, new images, and new ideas, 21 emerging artists working in various media, present their works in an attempt to re-examine Scottish, Greek and European mythology and to understand the substance behind their fictional cover and the folktales of transformation.