A delight and treat to visit @cookingsections & @sakiyaorg s’ exhibition In the Eddy of the Stream at @rbgedinburgh ‘In the Eddy of the Stream draws attention to the breakdown of ecosystems through the removal of plants and the ensuing long-term harm to people, communities, and other species. The exhibition brings together the work of Cooking Sections and Sakiya who create their own eddies; sheltered areas where water flows back upstream against the current. The two collectives’ work stimulates debate and offers tools for addressing historical damage and the resulting ecological crisis. Through the lens of plants and the politics embedded in their growth, containment and conservation, this exhibition stems from the history of land struggles in Scotland and Palestine. ‘A fish from the river, a staff from the forest, a deer from the mountain’ (from Gaelic: breac à linne, slat à coille ‘s fiadh à fìreach) has long captured the fight against the enclosure of common land, and yet the thinking behind this saying seems more critical than ever. The different projects undertaken by the artists forge new alliances between humans and other species across changing territories. The installations, performances and materials in this exhibition challenge how botany has been used as a mechanism of control and how it might identify new horizons. From the banning of foraging practices to rewilding and waste-landing debates, this exhibition puts forward new ways of understanding and repositioning ourselves.’ Images: - Tidal Commons, Cooking Sections, 2022 - Mussel Beach, Cooking Sections, 2019 - Oyster Readings, Cooking Sections, 2021-22 - Salmon Breeding Forest, Cooking Sections, 2022 - Recalling Recollection, Sakiya, 2022 #contemporaryart #edinburgh @edartfest