Thursday 4th August 2011, 6-8pm
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

8gg | FOUND | Ellie Harrison | Toshio Iwai | Kaseo
David McAllister | Sachiko Kodama | Ryota Kuwakubo

'Left To My Own Devices' focuses on the emergence of device art as seen through an exchange of ideas between creators and technologists in China, Japan and Scotland. The presentation of media art and some forms of visual art is often reliant on the use of audio, visual or some form of electronics to display the content. With device art, this hardware is the content. The technology is celebrated and interfaces permit interaction, joy and response.

Device art may have entertainment value, but it  can still be read positively with the same value systems applied to traditional Western art practice. Having originated in the Far East, where boundaries between forms of practice and appreciation do not exist, device art is playful, accessible and can operate beyond the confines of the gallery. It has the ability to be mass produced and commercially viable. Its reach has now extended far beyond Japan.

'Left To My Own Devices' has been supported by The University of Edinburgh to celebrate the intersection between material culture in China, Japan and Scotland.

We look forward to seeing you.

Morpho Tower, Sachiko Kodama, 2006.

www.edinburghartfestival.com