Cultures of Architecture: Towards A New Plurality at the National Gallery of Scotland

Cultures of Architecture: Towards A New Plurality at the National Gallery of Scotland

Andy Summers in conversation with Professor Fiona McLachlan
Invited by curators Louise Pearson and Grainne Rice
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
24 January 2024

I was invited by the National Gallery to share and discuss my wider practice in architecture, spanning design, activism, education, curation, exhibition-making, public programming and the creation of inter/national festivals.

In-conversation with Professor Fiona McLachlan of the Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture (ESALA) at the University of Edinburgh, we explored my work and experience touching upon my international education in architecture, working at Zaha Hadid Architects, cultural democracy with National Collective in the Scottish Independence Referendum, the founding of the Architecture Fringe, my work in education, photography work, and curation in representing Scotland at the 2023 Venice Biennale with colleagues from the Architecture Fringe, -ism magazine, and /other.

We were joined by around 150 people in-person, with 70 people watching online. You can watch the conversation via the National Galleries’ YouTube channel here.

Thank you to Louise Pearson and Grainne Rice of the National Galleries for the kind invitation, and to Professor Fiona McLachlan for joining me in conversation.

Image: Presentation slide

Presentation slide by Andy Summers

Presentation slide by Andy Summers