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CRUDE

An exhibition featuring new work from artists and writers Ashanti Harris, Alison Scott and Shane Strachan, curated by Fertile Ground.
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CRUDE is an exhibition exploring our complex relationship to crude oil which focuses on the sticky interplays of politics, culture and ecology through newly commissioned works from artists and writers; Ashanti Harris, Alison Scott, and Shane Strachan. The project has situated oil as an agent of transformation and invited the commissioned practitioners to think through the implications of oil’s ability to dominate all political, social and economic life the world over. 

Located in Aberdeen, the previously self-proclaimed ‘Oil Capital of Europe’, the exhibition aims to take a critical lens to oil in local, national and international contexts. The works drill down into aspects of oil narratives which are often projected as fluid and creating wealth for all. Instead they operate in the friction, making visible counter narratives and reflecting on the ways on which fossil fuels make identities. 

For the duration of the exhibition selected texts and publications will be available providing a further insight into the discourse of crude oil. Including locally produced publications of Aberdeen Peoples Press ‘Oil Over Troubled Water. A Report and Critique of Oil Developments in North East Scotland’ and selected editions of ‘BlowOut’ magazine a publication produced by and for oil workers in the North East. 

The project has been supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland’s Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development and Look Again.

Public programme:

Decommissioning Fictions: After Oil Imaginaries.
What do we mean when we say and think “after oil” and how might cultural work help (or hinder) that process? Talk by researcher Graeme MacDonald.
The event is free however booking is required
Date: Friday 3rd of September 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Location: Look Again project space, 32 St Andrew Street, Aberdeen AB25 1JA, United Kingdom

‘Energy Politics and Just Transition’ A number of speakers brought together with support from Creative Carbon Scotland as part of their Green Tease programme.
The event is free however booking is required
Date: Saturday 4th September 1pm-3pm
Location: Look Again project space, 32 St Andrew Street, Aberdeen AB25 1JA, United Kingdom.

Exhibition opening hours:
Duration: 28th August – 12th September 2021. 
Opening night: Friday 27th August 6-7.30pm
Opening hours:
Sat/Sun: 11-5pm
Wed: 12-5pm
Thurs: 5-8pm
Fri: 12-5pm
Location: Look Again project space, 32 St Andrew Street, Aberdeen AB25 1JA, United Kingdom