The Great Instauration: Art Meets Science

0:00It's April 6th. From your city to your ears, this is Edinburgh News today, powered by AI. Dr. Gail Chongkwan, an Edinburgh-born artist blending history, archives, and modern art, unveiled her latest massive installation called The Great. Inspired by Francis Bacon's foundational text on restoring paradise through science and philosophy, plus James Hutton's geology work and museum, collections, she transforms old scientific tools into wild, root-like forms evoking earth layers and microscopic worlds. Kwan draws from her background in sub-Saharan post-colonial politics for deeper layers in her pieces, and she's no newbie-pass projects include. Turning a drab underpass into a cave with 20,000 milk bottles and an immersive photo setup in London's longest underground tunnel. Visitors now spot six giant sculptures on steel plints, one flipped upside down on purpose, as huge hand-painted silk banners circling the gallery, mimicking medical slides with blood-red

1:03hues and mineral tones. Catch this mind-bending mix of science and fantasy through April 19th at the Edinburgh Science Festival, where Kwan's vision keeps pushing how. We see the world hidden foundations.