It was a seemingly unlikely pair forming the panel after the Crypic Nights premier of The Same Hillside at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Glasgow. The one who looked like a farmer (checked shirt and flat cap) was the documentary film-maker John Wallace, the other (long hair and beard a t-shirt with a 'pirate'... Continue Reading →
A Field of Wheat: whose art?
This piece was originally published as part of the A Field of Wheat project in September 2016 at the invitation of the artists. The images are all courtesy of the artists. 20th August 2016 I got an email headlined “The Wheat has been Harvested”. It wasn’t a metaphor. A field of wheat in Branston Booths,... Continue Reading →
Ingold’s Sustainability of Everything
Sustainability is an overused word. It is much diminished by its occurrence in too many documents purporting to suggest that transport, local government or how anything is sustainable following the end of grant funding. But we know that sustainability matters and thinking out of the current construction doesn’t happen nearly enough. Tim Ingold’s lecture at... Continue Reading →
Why Land Art Generator in Scotland?
Video from the Test Unit Pecha Kucha at the Whisky Bond, Glasgow, July 2016, which provides a context for LAGI Glasgow. Thanks to TAKTAL for the opportunity.
Does anyone know Professor Paul Younger? Pt. 2
Professor Paul Younger invited me to meet him in his office at the University of Glasgow after he found the blog post. We had exchanged some emails resulting from the sequence of events triggered by 350.org's 'Do The Math' and the wider divestment campaign. We discussed the reasons for the letter to The Guardian (of... Continue Reading →
Land Use Strategy pilot: what’s it got to do with artists?
Absolutely fascinating webminar organised the Ecosystems Knowledge Network on the Aberdeenshire Land Use Strategy Pilot undertaken by Aberdeenshire Council and James Hutton Institute. You can access the presentation online here. This two year exercise was one of two pilots funded by the Scottish Government to take the national Land Use Strategy and 'translate' it down... Continue Reading →
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