Visitors to a Perth museum will get to explore themes of climate change and capitalism as part of a new display - which will include a large inflatable snake.
Perth Museum and Art Gallery will present two installations by the Glasgow-based artists Walker and Bromwich over the next six months.
These will take the form of sculptures and artwork and each will explore themes surrounding climate crisis, extinction, capitalism, protest, ritual, and belief systems.
Walker and Bromwich will create a new iteration of their processional sculpture, The Serpent of Capitalism, for display at the museum from September 9.
A large-scale inflatable snake will occupy the museum, bringing into question dominant capitalist belief systems.
The serpent will be accompanied in the gallery by a series of drawings that re-imagine the shifting world around us and trace the shaping of societies, religions, ideas, and beliefs.
Whilst The Serpent of Capitalism explores the more significant perspectives of belief systems and political structures, The Shadow World installation, also on display in the museum from July 24, focuses on local habitats and biodiversity.
A large mobile will hang in this space, holding stylised hand-drawn shapes of endangered Scottish mammals added to the red list.
These creatures will cast shadows on the walls of the gallery space challenging visitors to consider whether we want to be left only with the hazy memories of these animals.
Visitors will be encouraged to question the structures and behaviours that contribute to environmental loss and begin to imagine positive alternatives.
To accompany the installations, and with a broader focus on climate change, Culture Perth and Kinross will be running The Perth and Kinross BioBlitz, in association with the Tay Biodiversity Partnership.
A BioBlitz is a growing, locally centred activism project that encourages young people and families to create data about the different species found in their local environments to help track future changes.
Footage captured by wildlife cameras installed close to the Perth Museum and Art Gallery will be displayed within the museum, along with images taken by the public.
The footage will reveal the wildlife that can be found within walking distance of the museum to encourage visitors to discover animals with whom they share the city.
Alongside BioBlitz, a programme of events, talks, and projects will accompany the exhibitions to give young people the tools and agency to create or provoke change.
The Shadow World runs from July 24, 2021, to January 30, 2022, and The Serpent of Capitalism runs from September 9 to November 14, 2021.
Both exhibitions are free to enter.
