PAST EVENT: This was part of the EAF22 programme.

At Collective, Scottish artist Ruth Ewan presented an unearthly moral tale centred on the obscured history of the iconic Scottish/American steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. This new installation tells the story of Carnegie’s ruthless accumulation of wealth and the place he bought in history via an uncanny encounter with his palaeontological namesake, Diplodocus carnegii.

The Beast comprises of a new animation and archival material which explores intersecting ideas around ecology, extinction, wealth, power, time and the history of capitalism.

The script for the new animation has been developed with Marxist magician Dr lan Saville. The conversation reveals a provocative and layered history, featuring the voices of Dave Anderson as Carnegie and Keeley Forsyth as Diplodocus carnegii.