EcoArt manages The Solway Hoard. The Solway Hoard is an imaginative touring exhibition set 1,000 years into the future which is designed to consider the legacy of our time: The Plastic Age (1950-2050). The exhibition is designed to engage visitors in reflecting on the future of plastic through the exhibits and their stories.
“One of the best exhibitions I have seen. It’s about plastic. It’s about fossil fuel use. It’s about the failure to tackle climate change and environmental destruction. It’s quirky, futuristic and sparklingly imaginative.”
Solway Hoard Visitor
The stories are based on the imaginings of people across Dumfries and Galloway, who participated in The Museum of the FutureNow workshops between October and December 2022. The Museums of the FutureNow is a participatory process designed to explore the web of factors that combine to create complex challenges for society and environment.
The museum process invited participants to create the fictional provenance of the artefacts presented in the exhibition. The process allowed for the imagining of many alternative futures which are rich, varied and full of detail.
By supporting the ongoing tour of the exhibition, EcoArt hopes that this work will be a call to action, for both the public and decision makers, to find solutions to the problems presented by our current use of plastics.
For more information and to book the exhibition, please contact us on info@ecoartcharity.org
Workshops
EcoArt can also arrange workshops on a range of topics that explore thinking imaginatively about possible futures. Below: workshops to develop the stories for The Solway Hoard
The Solway Hoard exhibition was originally part of the Positive Action for a Cleaner Solway Project created by the Solway Firth Partnership in collaboration with The Museums of the FutureNow and in partnership with Waste Stories (Glasgow University). The initial phase of the project was supported by the Scottish Government’s Marine Fund Scotland.
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