Glasgow International: The Ocean's Edge
Alberta Whittle, Letícia Ramos and Licida Vidal in conversation with Alice Sharp
Does the sea surround the land, or the land the sea? Inspired by the pioneering environmentalist and writer Rachel Carson, Glasgow-based Barbadian-Scottish artist Alberta Whittle, who represented Scotland at the 2022 Venice Biennale, joins Brazilian artists Letícia Ramos and Licida Vidal, to screen their works and an in conversation with Alice Sharp, Invisible Dust to uncover the Atlantic Ocean.
This event is part of the official UK/Brazil Season of Culture 2025-26 supported by the British Council and Instituto Guimarães Rosa with the Consulate General of Brazil in Edinburgh, through a collaboration of Pivo, Invisible Dust and TBA21-Academy.
Friday 5th June, 4-6pm. Free but ticketed, please book here .
The three artists have been at residencies in Cove Park, Scotland, Belem, Salvador and Ubatuba Brazil and collaborated with ocean scientists from São Paulo and the Scottish Association for Marine Science. The discussion will illuminate Ramos’s films exploring natural and imagined landscapes; Vidal’s sculptures on natural bodies and water; and Whittle’s focus on decolonial ancestral knowledge, climate change, healing and resistance.
‘The Ocean’s Edge’ is a partnership of Pivô and Invisible Dust UK with TBA21-Academy.
Image: Alberta Whittle, Where the Tide Greets Memory, 2023 Digital collage on brushed aluminium Courtesy the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd
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