Ian Hunter of Littoral asked us to highlight this interesting discussion, The NEW RURALS - research seminar for artists, curators and academics (12.00 noon - 5.00pm) Friday 25th July at the Kurt Schwitters Merz Barn site, Elterwater, Cumbria LA22 9JB One of a series of practitioner meetings and seminars being organised in Ireland, the USA... Continue Reading →
Project Grow – design a farm for a school
Thanks to Tom Littlewood for passing this on: Project Grow Project Grow has been established through a joint vision between Wallscourt Farm Academy and South Gloucestershire Council to create an outdoor learning environment that explores the potential of creating a sustainable model for the active use of the academy grounds through growing and husbandry that... Continue Reading →
Soil Culture
Daro Montag asked us to highlight this important event taking place in the South West of England: We are inviting all those who have an interest in soil, art and education to join us at Falmouth University for our Soil Culture Forum. In addition to films, art events, presentations and some good local food, there... Continue Reading →
DIRT DIALOGUES: An Integrated Arts Program at the 20th WCSS
The Nil by Mouth programme has been included in DIRT DIALOGUES. See http://creativefutureshq.com/projects/nil-by-mouth-food-farming-science-and-sustainability/ for more information.
Rosnes Benches
Rosnes Benches, Dalziel + Scullion, 2014, Otter Pool, Dumfries and Galloway (Photo: Chris Fremantle)
Rosnes Benches. Took Jana Weldon, Senior Public Art Project Manager for Scottsdale in Arizona, to see some of Dalziel + Scullion‘s Rosnes Benches in Dumfries and Galloway yesterday. She also came in a heard presentations from the MFA Art Space and Nature at Edinburgh College of Art earlier in the week.
The team including Dalziel + Scullion, Kenny Hunter, Wide Open and Jim Buchanan have done a fantastic job realising this project – thirty benches are installed in clusters across the Dark Skies/Biosphere area of Dumfries and Gallowa, but they look like it’s been there for a long time. The benches themselves are really comfortable. They skim beautifully between being surfboards on land, referencing cup and ring marks, a bit hippy but really elegantly done. They speak of a different relationship with the trees…
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