12.09.2014
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/6508/
The Fabric of the Land features the work of established and emerging artists and gives visitors the chance to experience items of geological interest alongside selected artworks in the exhibition.
Organised by the Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, each year artists, designers and craft practitioners are encouraged to create works, which derive from, or are inspired by the link between geology and the landscape of the earth.
Professor Andrew Hurst, Geology & Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen said: “In 2014 the quest for Fabric of the Land is to transport art with the science that inspires it into Aberdeen’s city centre and thereby reach out to a much larger public. We believe that Aberdeen citizens will find inspiration and beauty in the artistic and scientific offerings at Fabric of the Land. It is highly relevant that the heartbeat of the University of Aberdeen is felt in the heart of the city.
“The Scottish environment and landscape is shaped by its geology Indeed the geology of Scotland can be viewed as the underlying ‘fabric of the land’.”