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Right to Roam exhibition open this weekend and continuing until the 24th May. Led by artist Sarah Calmus @studio.sumlacs , #RighttoRoam is an expansive enquiry into freedom of movement through the lens of the river Forth using multi-sensory installation, moving image and print, launching in Inspace next week. Reflecting on the climate crisis and the fundamental freedom to move, Right to Roam explores the intersection of movement, by utilising environmental data and technology to interrupt and reshape foraged moving imagery and audio field recordings gathered directly from the Forth. Sat alongside soft, tactile, interactive sculptural works, Calmus invites us to kick back, immerse ourselves in the tactile sounds of our environment and take a moment to reflect, giving space for the Forth to speak. Utilising a combination of accessible multisensory elements, the installation touches on human and non-human ecosystems. Visit this exhibition to connect and find commonality through conversations of movement, migration and gathering through the lens of water. The exhibition is open Wed-Sun between 10:00-17:00. Osmosis: Right to Roam Performance and Exhibition Late: 📅 Thurs 21 May 2026 ⏰ 18:00 – 20:00 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB 🎟️ Free/Ticketed in links in bio This exhibition is a culmination of over a year of research and practice development around ideas of systems of movement, thinking of rivers as a living body, and data collection. It’s a sister show to Calmus’ @flat_octopus Stockholm show in 2024. Right to Roam is led by Sarah Calmus @studio.sumlacs , funded by @creativescots and supported by Inspace and the Institute for @designinformatics Video Production by @stuartarmitt

Right to Roam exhibition programme open today and continuing until the 24th May. Led by artist Sarah Calmus @studio.sumlacs , #RighttoRoam is an expansive enquiry into freedom of movement through the lens of the river Forth using multi-sensory installation, moving image and print, launching in Inspace next week. This exhibition features Sea Wall, a seven screen projected moving image work reacting to SEPA (The Scottish Environment Protection Agency) data collected from the River Forth from Alloa buoy, asking us to stop, look and listen. Soft sculptures made from recycled materials with screen printed fabrics, make visible and tactile both macro and micro habitats of our shorelines and seabeds. A careful selection of films capturing and witnessing water not only from the Forth, but from bodies of water spanning the UK and Sweden invite us to connect and pay attention to the never ending connection of water. Come along to see Right to Roam and immerse yourself in the Forth Wall multi sensory installation, to feel the river Forth through sound, vibrations, moving image, tactile sculpture and print and join Calmus in asking where does one drop begin and one body end? The exhibition is open Wed-Sun between 10:00-17:00. Come along to bathe in visuals and sounds of the Firth of Forth and check out the event programme below. Right to Roam Event Programme Lunchtime Tour: 📅 Thurs 14 May 2026 ⏰ 13:00 – 14:00 Osmosis: Performance and Exhibition Late: 📅 Thurs 21 May 2026 ⏰ 18:00 – 20:00 All programming: 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB 🎟️ Free/Ticketed in links in bio Right to Roam is led by Sarah Calmus @studio.sumlacs , funded by @creativescots and supported by Inspace and the Institute for @designinformatics Photography by @chrisandhiscamera

We are delighted to announce the full programme of Right to Roam, by artist Sarah Calmus @studio.sumlacs , an expansive enquiry into freedom of movement through the lens of the river Forth using multi-sensory installation, moving image and print, launching in Inspace next week. Centered on the Firth of Forth, Scotland’s major estuary where the River Forth meets the North Sea, Right to Roam uses historical and live data from the River Forth, to influence the sound and visuals of the work and features elements of a disused water monitoring station. Here, creative exploration of environmental data using hydrophone recordings, short films and site specific installations ask us to consider what we can learn about ourselves, our waterways and local ecologies through employing deep listening. Following a seven-screen projected moving image piece, Uisge, featured on #inspacecityscreens this February, we are delighted to share details of the full programme of #RighttoRoam extended immersive installation taking place this month. Please join us in Inspace for the preview next Thursday from 6pm and there are plenty of opportunities to catch the exhibition and other events happening across May, details below, so we look forward to seeing you there. Exhibition: 📅 Wed-Sun 8-24 May 2026 [Closed Mon/Tues] ⏰ 10:00 – 17:00 Right to Roam Event Programme Preview Event: 📅 Thurs 7 May 2026 ⏰ 18:00-20:00 Lunchtime Tour: 📅 Thurs 14 May 2026 ⏰ 13:00 – 14:00 Osmosis: Performance and Exhibition Late: 📅 Thurs 21 May 2026 ⏰ 18:00 – 20:00 All programming: 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB 🎟️ Free/Ticketed in links in bio This exhibition is a culmination of over a year of research and practice development around ideas of systems of movement, thinking of rivers as a living body, and data collection. It’s a sister show to Calmus’ @flat_octopus Stockholm show in 2024. Right to Roam is led by Sarah Calmus @studio.sumlacs , funded by @creativescots and supported by Inspace and the Institute for @designinformatics

🐟 Holy mackerel! Right To Roam is here! 🌊 I’m emerging briefly from wading in videos, install prep, and emails to invite you to the Preview (on voting day*) of Right To Roam, Thursday 7th May 6-8pm, Inspace Gallery, Potterow, Edinburgh. 🍻 please come ! (link in bio!) This exhibition is a culmination of over a year of research and practice development ( thanks to @creativescots open funding )around ideas of systems of movement, thinking of rivers as a living body, and data collection. It’s a sister show to my @flat_octopus Stockholm show in 2024. Using historical and live data from the River Forth, to influence the sound and visuals of the work, Right to Roam will feature elements of a disused water monitoring station. Here, creative exploration of environmental data using hydrophone recordings, short films and site specific installations ask us to consider what we can learn about ourselves, our waterways and local ecologies through employing deep listening. *please vote responsibly 🗳️ 💚 With deepest thanks to @boomsaloon for this incredible poster. It’s so beautiful 💙💙💙💙 #RighttoRoam #debutscotlandsoloshow #deeplistening #FirthofForth #waterwatch

Final weekend of Between Glass and Magnetic Fields Exhibition 📢 If you’ve not yet had the chance to see this exhibition @inspaceedinburgh @designinformatics join us today and tomorrow between 10:00-17:00 to explore new work by @gregoryallissstudioglass which merges MRI technology with Glass Art. This exhibition features glass sculptures made from recycled Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) glass, from old TVs, an interactive glass object linked to MRI simulation software, and video projections of MRI scans of the glass objects. This video shares some insights from @edinburghcollegeofart PhD student and lead artist @gregoryallissstudioglass alongside Prof. Matthias Günther, Deputy Institute Director, at Fraunhofer MEVIS about the journey of the development of this work. #data #design #technology #creativity Between Glass and Magnetic Fields 📅 Wed-Mon, 15-26 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 10am – 5pm 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB 🔗 go to link in Bio to read more This Residency & Science Engagement Program is a partnership between Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, and the Institute for Design Informatics in Edinburgh to create this unique opportunity to explore the potential for application of creative multi and transdisciplinary approaches in digital medicine. This collaboration involves the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, Oberschule am Waller Ring in Bremen, and is supported by @arselectronica in Linz, Austria. Video Production by @stuartarmitt

We’re delighted this afternoon to welcome @gregoryallissstudioglass to @inspaceedinburgh @designinformatics for a guided tour of the current exhibition Between Glass and Magnetic Fields. This is the final week of this exhibition which is open daily 10:00-17:00 the rest of this week including Saturday and Sunday. So if you are in Edinburgh do drop by to view and experience Gregory’s intriguing journey merging MRI technology with Glass Art. Between Glass and Magnetic Fields, translates the intangible dynamics of magnetic resonance imaging, an imaging method that produces radiation-free, three-dimensional representations of the body, into the medium of glass. By merging the sensory and investigative capacities of art with scientific rigor and programming, Alliss expands the aesthetic potential of contemporary glass art. His works integrate contaminated waste materials with the tools and logic of MRI sequence development to explore the intersections of visibility, matter, and image formation. We hope to see you there! #data #design #technology #creativity Between Glass and Magnetic Fields 📅 Wed-Mon, 15-26 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 10am – 5pm (closed Mon/Tues) Event Programme: Lunchtime Tour: 📅 Thurs, 23 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 1-2pm 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB 🔗 go to link in Bio to read more This Residency & Science Engagement Program is a partnership between Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, and the Institute for Design Informatics in Edinburgh to create this unique opportunity to explore the potential for application of creative multi and transdisciplinary approaches in digital medicine. This collaboration involves the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, Oberschule am Waller Ring in Bremen, and is supported by @arselectronica in Linz, Austria. Photography by @chrisandhiscamera

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us in @inspaceedinburgh yesterday to celebrate the launch of Between Glass and Magnetic Fields exhibition, by @edinburghcollegeofart PhD student Gregory Alliss (@gregoryallissstudioglass ), the outcome of his work on Fraunhofer MEVIS STEAM Imaging VI Residency and Engagement Programme with scientists and school students which began in Bremen last November. This is an exhibtion making visible and tangible the complex physical processes behind Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and the development of Magnetic Resonance sequences. The exhibition is open all weekend as part of the final weekend of the 2026 @edscifest Come along to experience this work that merges the sensory and investigative capacities of art with scientific rigor and programming. The works on display integrate contaminated waste materials with the tools and logic of MRI sequence development to explore the intersections of visibility, matter, and image formation. We hope to see you there! #data #design #technology #creativity Between Glass and Magnetic Fields Exhibition 📅 Wed-Sun, 15-26 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 10am – 5pm (closed Mon/Tues) 🔗 link in Bio Lunchtime Tour: 📅 Thurs, 23 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 1-2pm 🔗 link in Bio 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB This Residency & Science Engagement Program is a partnership between Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, and the Institute for @designinformatics , based @edinburghuniversity to create this unique opportunity to explore the potential for application of creative multi and transdisciplinary approaches in digital medicine. This collaboration involves the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, Oberschule am Waller Ring in Bremen, and is supported by Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.

Between Glass and Magnetic Fields Exhibition Now Open! 🎉 We are delighted today to open our doors for the second time for the 2026 @edscifest to welcome visitors for Between Glass and Magnetic Fields exhibition by @edinburghcollegeofart PhD student @gregoryallissstudioglass in @inspaceedinburgh @designinformatics How can the complex physical processes behind Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and the development of Magnetic Resonance sequences be made visible and tangible? Between Glass and Magnetic Fields, translates the intangible dynamics of magnetic resonance imaging, an imaging method that produces radiation-free, three-dimensional representations of the body, into the medium of glass. By merging the sensory and investigative capacities of art with scientific rigor and programming, Alliss expands the aesthetic potential of contemporary glass art. His works integrate contaminated waste materials with the tools and logic of MRI sequence development to explore the intersections of visibility, matter, and image formation. We hope to see you there! #data #design #technology #creativity Between Glass and Magnetic Fields 📅 Wed-Mon, 15-26 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 10am – 5pm (closed Mon/Tues) Event Programme: Interactive Talk & Reception: 📅 Thurs, 16 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 4-7pm Lunchtime Tour: 📅 Thurs, 23 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 1-2pm 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB 🔗 go to link in Bio to read more This Residency & Science Engagement Program is a partnership between Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, and the Institute for Design Informatics in Edinburgh to create this unique opportunity to explore the potential for application of creative multi and transdisciplinary approaches in digital medicine. This collaboration involves the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, Oberschule am Waller Ring in Bremen, and is supported by @arselectronica in Linz, Austria.

We are delighted to invite you to Between Glass and Magnetic Fields exhibition, interactive talk and reception taking place in Inspace, our second exhibition as part of the 2026 Edinburgh Science Festival. How can the complex physical processes behind Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and the development of Magnetic Resonance sequences be made visible and tangible? Join us next week! #data #design #technology #creativity Between Glass and Magnetic Fields programme 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB 🔗 go to links in Bio to read more Exhibition 📅 Sat-Mon, 15-26 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 10am – 5pm (closed Mon/Tues) Event Programme: Interactive Talk & Reception: 📅 Thurs, 16 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 4-7pm Speakers and Facilitators: @gregoryallissstudioglass , glass artist, engineer and STEAM Imaging VI Creator in Residence Prof. Matthias Günther, Deputy Institute Director, Head of MR Physics, Fraunhofer MEVIS Bianka Hofmann, Bianka Hofmann, Head of Science Engagement, STEAM Imaging Lead, Fraunhofer MEVIS Miriam Walsh, Inspace Manager and Creative Producer Lunchtime Tour: This is a one-off chance to explore the exhibition and hear directly from Alliss about the inspiration and process how Alliss transforms magnetic resonance data into sculptural glass forms on show. 📅 Thurs, 23 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 1-2pm

LAST DAY of Designing Global Data Interactions Come along to @inspaceedinburgh @designinformatics today for your last chance, to explore the playful explorations by over 80 Design with Data students, presented through interactive displays that combine design thinking with data science. Designing Global Data Interactions Join Masters students from the Institute for Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh for an exhibition that explores the human (and beyond human) challenges of global technologies in the world, and how data might be used as material to engage, connect or critique current and future issues. Students have designed a series of creative responses investigating global and societal challenges by designing with environmental, community, bodily and global data. They are creating a space where experiential embodied interactions provoke global thinking and connect human experiences, where design fiction meets current issues, and where the digital, virtual and artificial merge to prompt new approaches to complex global landscapes. Visitors can expect to explore societal challenges through embodied, virtual and playful interactions. Designing Global Data Interactions 📅 Sat-Mon, 4-6 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 10am – 5pm 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB 🔗 go to link in Bio to read more #data #design #technology #creativity Inspace is run by the Institute for @designinformatics based at the @schoolofinformatics and @edinburghcollegeofart at the @edinburghuniversity . Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens.

Launching tomorrow! 📢 We’re delighted to be partnering again this year with @edscifest to bring you our annual @designinformatics masters student exhibition 🎉 Drop-in anytime between 10am and 5pm all weekend About the exhibition Join Masters students from the Institute for Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh for an exhibition that explores the human (and beyond human) challenges of global technologies in the world, and how data might be used as material to engage, connect or critique current and future issues. Students have designed a series of creative responses investigating global and societal challenges by designing with environmental, community, bodily and global data. They are creating a space where experiential embodied interactions provoke global thinking and connect human experiences, where design fiction meets current issues, and where the digital, virtual and artificial merge to prompt new approaches to complex global landscapes. Visitors can expect to explore societal challenges through embodied, virtual and playful interactions. Designing Global Data Interactions 📅 Sat-Mon, 4-6 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 10am – 5pm 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB 🔗 go to link in Bio to read more #data #design #technology #creativity Inspace is run by the Institute for @designinformatics based at the @schoolofinformatics and @edinburghcollegeofart at the @edinburghuniversity . Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens.

Here is a sneak peak behind the scenes of Designing Global Data Interactions @designinformatics exhibition launching our 2026 @edscifest programme @inspaceedinburgh This exhibition features project work by circa 80 Master Students, supported by our wonderful Design with Data team lead by Lynne Craig, Larissa Pschetz, Theodore Koterwas, Asad Khan, Jiarong Yu and programme director Dr Bettina Nissen, supported by Mark Kobine, Miriam Walsh and Lisa McClatchey Open this weekend, Sat-Mon only! About Designing Global Data Interactions Join Masters students from the Institute for Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh for an exhibition that explores the human (and beyond human) challenges of global technologies in the world, and how data might be used as material to engage, connect or critique current and future issues. Students have designed a series of creative responses investigating global and societal challenges by designing with environmental, community, bodily and global data. They are creating a space where experiential embodied interactions provoke global thinking and connect human experiences, where design fiction meets current issues, and where the digital, virtual and artificial merge to prompt new approaches to complex global landscapes. Visitors can expect to explore societal challenges through embodied, virtual and playful interactions. Designing Global Data Interactions 📅 Sat-Mon, 4-6 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 10am – 5pm 📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB 🔗 go to link in Bio to read more #data #design #technology #creativity Inspace is run by the Institute for @designinformatics based at the @schoolofinformatics and @edinburghcollegeofart at the @edinburghuniversity . Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens.