- Venue
- The Forest
- Starts
- Monday, March 1, 2010
- Ends
- Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Address
- 3 Bristo Place EH1 1
- Location
- Scotland
Heather Tweed will again be giving residents and visitors to Edinburgh the chance to search for and keep a series of small artworks that will be hidden around the City Centre. The new installation art piece was inspired by a visit to a school in Cairo whilst working on a British Council Project. The artist was startled to see two Nile Crocodiles in a swimming pool in the play area separated from the pupils by a rather rickety fence and further research revealed that Ancient Egyptians revered and worshiped crocodiles to the extent of having a whole city devoted to them Arsinoe named Crocodilopolis by the Greeks. One large creature embellished with gold and gems was fed daily with a cake made from honey, meat and wine. The exhibition at The Forest Gallery on Bristo place will feature new artworks, seven small crocodile sculptures will be hidden around the City Centre for anyone to find. This is a follow up to the successful Lost Not Found:Abscission project that took place during last years Fringe Festival. ‘ I wanted to bring a similar project to the City outside of Festival time and plan another in August this year with pieces from invited Artists, including few surprises.’ http://www.heathertweed.co.uk Runs concurrent with a Solo show at Kings College Gallery, Taunton.
