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Imbrication

A person walks past a large, colourful digital screen displaying abstract flower and geometric shapes on a blue background inside a building with tall open doors.

Location: LEVEL2, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9EF

DATES:

APRIL-MAY 2026

Opening times: MonDAY – FrIDAY 9am – 5pm

Motifs from the realm of neoclassical architecture dance and evolve on screen, tracing a journey from the ancient, analogue and physical to the modern, digital and abstract. Craft techniques such as tiling, mosaic, marquetry, weave and stitch all originated as mathematical pattern structures and here evolve into and are ‘re-encoded’ as algorithms.

Frances Priest is an artist, designer and maker based in Edinburgh. A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, she is collaborating with with creative technologist Sam Healy on this project. Frances has exhibited internationally and has work in major public collections. ‘Imbrication’ formed part of her recent mid-career survey at Blackwell – the Arts & Crafts House.

Co-commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts and New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund with investment from Creative Scotland and the University of Edinburgh.

www.francespriest.co.uk

Abstract illustration of stacked red and orange rectangular shapes and circular fans on a blue background, creating a geometric and dynamic pattern.

Abstract design with red and white flower-like shapes and overlapping white geometric fish scale patterns on a blue background.

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