Originally from Buenos Aires and now based in Amsterdam, leading visual and performance artist Mercedes Azpilicueta hosts her first solo exhibition in Scotland at Edinburgh’s art gallery, Collective.
Taking place in Collective’s City Dome Gallery, the exhibition is centred around the work Potatoes, Riots and Other Imaginaries (2021). This comprises an installation featuring a monumental human-scale tapestry, sculptural elements associated with women’s work, and a sound piece that introduces whispered gossip and glimpses of voices and songs from social demonstrations.
The tapestry’s rich and layered collage of archival and contemporary imagery references themes and subjects related to collective action, food economies, war and women-led global rights movements.
As part of the exhibition there will be a brand new performance created with Edinburgh based artist and choreographer Janice Parker, presented as part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
Collective is situated on the top of Calton Hill. A public park, there is no vehicle access to Calton Hill, except for disabled visitors. Steps lead up the hill from Waterloo Place and Royal Terrace. Several of Lothian Buses’ routes serve Waterloo Place and Royal Terrace on a regular basis.
Fire on the Mountain, Light on the Hill runs from 20 June to 7 September 2025.
