# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Poetry and Art of Impractical Repairs - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am – Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm - **Event Description**: A full-day workshop exploring repair and creative methods, presented by the Utopia Lab (Edinburgh Futures Institute) and the Binks HubAbout this EventWhat if the breakage of an object is significant emotionally as well as physically?What then if a practical physical repair fails to account for this?In this Utopia Lab we invite participants to consider impractical repairs of material objects. Sometimes the repair that we would like to achieve with a broken or damaged object is more related to emotion than the physical or utilitarian. Together we will explore how we might repair broken and damaged objects with poetry, creative writing and sculpture. We will use collaboration, creativity, poetry and embodied practices to investigate how these ideas and techniques can help us to imagine positive futures and affect change in the present, and through the course of the session you will construct your own Impractical Repair Kit, for all your future impractical repair needs.Please bring with you a broken or damaged object that you would like to repair in this way, and a preparedness to discuss this with the group. After opening with meditation, movement and poetry, we will use creative writing exercises to express to each other what our objects represent and what kinds of repair we seek. We will then conceptualise ways in which we can use simple sculptural materials in our repairs, compose poems and craft sculptural elements to give expression to those repairs.Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day, and lunch will be provided.This event will take place in room 2.55 in Edinburgh Futures Institute.Utopia LabAt Edinburgh Futures Institute, Utopia Labs curate interactions between academics, artists, entrepreneurs, students, and audiences in person and online globally. We are interested in that which is provocative and irreverent as well as that which is nurturing and joyful. Utopia questions are catalysts for inquiry, learning, and creativity. With an emphasis on innovative, embodied and experimental ways of communicating, we explore meditation, dialogue and co-creation.Binks Hub At the Binks Hub we conduct arts-based participatory research by bringing communities, practitioners, artists and academics together as equal partners to share and develop knowledge. Using art, crafts and other creative methods and practices we investigate how to tackle the issues that matter most to people, and explore how we can co-create solutions.Indicative Schedule?: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AMUtopia Lab Warm-up?: 10:45 AM - 11:00 AMImpractical RepairsInfo: An introduction, and an introduction to your Impractical Repair Kit?: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMWriting the Breakage?: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PMWriting the RepairLunch?: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PMSculpting the Repair?: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PMSharing our Repairs?: 03:00 PM - 03:40 PMCo-Creating and consolidating your Impractical Repair Kits?: 03:40 PM - 04:00 PMIntegration - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edinburgh/the-poetry-and-art-of-impractical-repairs/100001838075105119 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, meditation, health-wellness, business, crafts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Edinburgh - **state**: SC - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh - **lat**: 55.9447231 - **long**: -3.1926822 - **full address**: Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Poetry and Art of Impractical Repairs - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/001285f0e8499218687be2d06b3a784d5769f80d0ff90722fec8f12a115bc20b-rimg-w851-h315-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1762563724 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Poetry and Art of Impractical Repairs being held? - **A:** The Poetry and Art of Impractical Repairs takes place on Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am to Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm at Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing The Poetry and Art of Impractical Repairs? - **A:** The Poetry and Art of Impractical Repairs is organized by The Binks Hub. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** The Poetry and Art of Impractical Repairs is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Edinburgh, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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