For our first visit of 2013, we will be exploring ECONOMY at Stills with the exhibition’s curator, Kirsten Lloyd, who will join us in discussing the ideas behind the exhibition.
Primarily an exhibition of photography and film, ECONOMY includes work by artists such as Jeremy Deller, Tracey Emin, Melanie Gilligan, Claire Fontaine and Martha Rosler. The curators have also commissioned polemic texts by local and international writers, activists, journalists and artists to accompany the exhibition, and in turn, they respond to the key themes of migration, labour, sexuality, the crisis of democracy, the quest for alternative futures, the promise of Scottish independence in the context of a competitive global economy and the demise of the Empire of Europe.
ECONOMY is conceived as an exhibition and public forum comprising a website and a series of talks and events to generate constructive public discussion on how the economy impacts upon our lives. It is also presented across two venues, Stills Gallery in Edinburgh and the CCA in Glasgow.
