Artist Chris Dooks has worked in 4 key locations, producing 4 short films of each area for Atomic Doric http://www.woodendbarn.com/atomic-doric/. He has interviewed different people who connect with the places – young nature groups, walkers, rangers etc – recording sounds, photographing and filming with them. Tiny Geographies has created several hours of material including interviews... Continue Reading →
Methodologies: HighWaterLine
Patricia Watts of ecoartspace recently highlighted the collaboration with artist Eve Mosher producing an Action Guide for HighWaterLine. Eve Mosher developed HighWaterLine as a personal project, but following Sandy's impact on New York it went viral (covered by the New York Times and the New Yorker), and rather than travelling around the world doing projects, Eve has... Continue Reading →
The Archivist
How do you represent ideas that are far away, remote or don't exist yet? The Environmental Art Festival Scotland (EAFS) was spread across rural Dumfries and Galloway, but its ambition was to represent environmental art ideas from much further afield. Exhibitions of ideas in the form of documentation can be very problematic, even if they... Continue Reading →
Could artists do this?
The question of what artists do is a subject of interest for ecoartscotland and we'd like to highlight two pieces of evidence. The first is the submission to the Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry on Energy Subsidies in the UK. This submission has been made by PLATFORM who's strap line is arts, activism, education and research. PLATFORM... Continue Reading →
Nil by Mouth: Food, Farming, Science and Sustainability
The question of food is central to the issue of sustainability - it is literally what sustains us on a day to day basis, but food production contributes 30% of the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. 30% of the world's population is malnourished and another 30% is obese. Food production uses 70%... Continue Reading →
Could an artist do this?
One of the reasons for asking this question is to perhaps also imply the question, "What added value might an artist bring to this project?" The current opportunity we are highlighting is: Ref: OCT157595 Notice Type: Contract Award Notice Title: A National Orchard Inventory for Scotland Published: 16/10/2013 Published by: Scottish Natural Heritage Deadline: Full... Continue Reading →
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