New Media Scotland

01/09/2026

Order. Disorder. Repeat.

Today we open ‘Necessary Disorder’, a new Alt-w exhibition by Paris-based artist and software engineer Étienne Jacob.

Étienne makes hypnotic animations with code, mathematics and a format that has been looping through digital culture since 1987: the GIF.

Within its deliberately limited palette, geometry folds, pulses, twists and slips between order and chaos. Simple rules generate unexpected behaviours. Patterns emerge, dissolve and begin again.

There is method in the mesmerism.

Étienne Jacob: Necessary Disorder

📍 Music Hall, Aberdeen
1 September – 28 November 2026

📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute
1 February – 30 April 2027

FREE

A Cycle 16 Alt-w Exhibition Award, co-curated by Aberdeen Performing Arts, Edinburgh Futures Institute and New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund.

10/07/2026

Seven days to go! The deadline for applications to the Alt-w Fund is 5pm on Friday 17th July 2026. For more information visit - mediascot.org/alt-w

09/04/2026

In 1926, Lauriston Castle was bequeathed to Scotland by its last private owners, Mr. and Mrs. William Robert Reid. We're marking the centenary of the bequest with a series of six special film screenings of titles both made and set in the 1920s, starting with Buster Keaton in 'The General' (1926) - https://www.facebook.com/mediascot/events

08/12/2025

Edinburgh Futures Institute have launched a pilot programme of moving image work that was originally co-commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts and New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund. First up is ‘You Are Here’ (2019-2025) by ray interactive which can be seen on level 2 through to the end of January 2026. Admission is free.

A series of evocative and colourful patterns inspired by the stars are on display at Edinburgh Futures Institute, following the launch of "You Are Here."

10/11/2025

We're delighted that 'a space for encapsulation' by Andrey Chugunov won the 2025 Carla Rapoport Award at The Lumen Prize for Art and Technology ceremony hosted by Kunstsilo in Norway at the weekend. Co-commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts and New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund with investment from Creative Scotland. This project explores the coastal areas of Scotland where industrial and natural structures have become interwoven -

2025 Carla Rapoport Award Winner Andrey Chugunov a space for encapsulation' explores Scotland’s coastlines through photogrammetry, generative sound, and poetic narrative, documenting hybrid assemblages of natural and industrial artefacts in transient zones impacted by rising sea levels.

07/11/2025

Frances Priest: Motif | Line | Colour is now open at Blackwell - The Arts & Crafts house. This mid-career survey of Edinburgh-based Frances Priest features work from the last twenty five years of her practice.

‘Imbrication’ is a generative artwork originally co-commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts and New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund with investment from Creative Scotland for the refurbished Music Hall in Aberdeen.

We were delighted to see it so elegantly installed inside this beautiful house overlooking Lake Windermere. It is accompanied by a number of ceramic forms from the ‘Imbrication’ series, that used the animation as a tool.

The exhibition continues to April 11th 2026 and is included in the house entry ticket. For more information visit lakelandarts.org.uk/events/frances-priest-motif-line-colour

02/11/2025

It’s the last day of ‘Hall of Hours’ by Robert Powell at Edinburgh Printmakers. Open from 10am to 6pm today, with free admission for all to enjoy. It’s been an absolute pleasure for New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund to support and encourage Robert’s exploration with scale, dimension and materiality. Although the bells will ring for the final time today, the prints will become available to purchase from tomorrow - mediascot.org/alt-w/hallofhours

02/10/2025

Join us at 12pm on Friday 10th October for the last opportunity at Edinburgh Printmakers to hear Robert Powell talk about his Alt-w Fund supported exhibition ‘Hall of Hours’.

Robert will share insights into what led him to the production of the Clock, by deep diving into the meanings and references presented in his attempts to define and visualise time.

You’ll have the opportunity to hear more about Robert’s printmaking process and intaglio expertise, and participate in the Bell Ringing Ceremony. Book here - tinyurl.com/ysw4ekfh