The Great Instauration with Gayle Chong Kwan

Live Storytelling · Storytelling Court

Storytelling Court, Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR

Dates

• Thu 22 Oct 2026 · 14:00 · 1h 30m · £5

Join artist Gayle Chong Kwan on an interactive creative restorying session to explore themes in The Great Instauration (2026) her installation in the Grand Gallery of the National Museum of Scotland, as part of the 2026 Edinburgh Science Festival, that explored science as a culturally embedded process shaped by social history, power, and omission. Chong Kwan will share the storytelling at the heart of her practice and recent work, on a journey through research, art, collections and archives.

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