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Selasa, 16 Juni 2015

10.27

SNH ARTIST RESIDENCY | TREE CHURCH FILM

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the artist studio process of collecting and making is a 3D extension of the sketchbook process and this is where the real intuitive connections are made. this brilliant short film by Catherine Weir gives an overview of the whole residency and the collecting that went on in the name of research. a snapshot in time of the most excellent year spent with members of staff at Battleby, particularly Jim Carruthers who became a huge part of my process. 

as well as the adhocist recycled structure I was also working with texts and with new printmaking techniques – all the prints were made on site with spray paint and bootlace fungus on found materials in my spray shed. working very fast and completely intuitively I produced the aurora prints which are far looser than I normally work when I draw or screen print. initially I set myself one strict condition, that the work must be created within the natural boundaries of battleby with the creative tools at hand. It changed the work and my process and was a great experiment for me personally completely altering my approach and the control I normally have in my working process. 

its hard to believe a year has gone by since this life affirming residency produced tree church but having just returned from a research trip to the forests of finland it makes me realise how strongly biophilia still has me in its grip and quite how much this residency changed me as an artist.

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Mike Inglis - Artist in residence at SNH Battleby Conference Centre from cthrn wr on Vimeo.




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Lokasi: Perth and Kinross, UK

Rabu, 28 Januari 2015

17.03

SNH ARTIST RESIDENCY | TREE CHURCH INSTALLATION

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The final piece of work that was created for the grounds in Battleby can be thought of as a place as much as a structure. “TREE CHURCH” is composed of an adhocist twin structure and a bell tower. The “Adhocist”   structure provides a contemplative holistic space that reinforces our absolute need to create an instinctive bond with other living systems as explored by Edward O Wilson the American scientist and social biologist in his theory of “Biophilia”. It is not intended to be a religious space but questions what a religious space actually is. Tree Church provides a sense of spirituality drawn from a scientific understanding of the world and the shrine inside the building seeks further to examine the beauty that can be found in decay and the understanding born from this cycle of life.

The concept also seeks to re-establish the relationship between the house and the grounds by reinstating the essence of some of the “lost structures” of Battleby, the wooden summerhouse and the Victorian glasshouses. The combined theories of adhocism (see footnote) and biophilia informed the building of the structure, the contents of which further examine the relationship between science and art. The structure emphasizes the opportunity for exploration and fascination in a small tended woodland garden that might also encourage us to explore the untended wildernesses beyond.

A rough Caithness stone floor helps to draw our natural Scottish environment into the structure and remind us of the timeless nature of its origin 400 million years ago. This reinforces the geological timeline contrasting the immediate idea of “old” materials in the recycled wooden window frames with the ancient stone of the floor upon which we stand.


The living roof allows further reflection and connections; the mosses, lichens and fungi tying into the fungus prints and helping to extend with the buildings actual fabric ideas surrounding decay and the cycle of life.


A rowan tree planted in the structure was chosen for a number of reason but in Scotland in particular it was considered a very magical tree offering protection as well as sharpening intuition. It was often planted close to new building to offer the structure protection. When time has its way with the structure it is hoped that all that will remain will be the Kashmiri Rowan planted by Jim Carruthers and myself.

A seperate blog exists that documents my research and experiences there should you wish to know more -


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Adhocist theory follows Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver’s 1972 manifesto for a generation that took pleasure in doing things ad hoc, using materials at hand to solve real-world problems. The implications were subversive. turned-off citizens of the 1970s immediately adopted the book as a DIY guide. Adhocism has always been around. (Robinson Crusoe,making a raft and then a shelter from the wreck of his ship). However it is also an undeveloped force within the way we approach almost every activity, from play to architecture to city planning to political revolution. JENCKS SILVER 1972

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