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Minggu, 19 Juni 2016

07.02

THE TRAVELLING GALLERY | THE ARK CAMPS MURALS

by Travelling around the world, in travelling gallery

The artworks imagine and illustrate new Scottish rural (feral) communities who are engaged in the construction of giant Ark structures from the debris of old boats and wooden structures which no one imagined would ever be used again. These Ark structures are not intended to be religious although the Ark story is referenced in almost every culture on the planet. These structures are to be seen as cypher for positive rebuilding and it might be imagined that the bus itself in some ways is an cultural ark which travels the byways of Scotland.

The artwork for this project seeks to examine contemporary Scottish culture and its fractured relationship with the past through an exploration of identity which pulls together diverse strands and influences such as outsider artist Angus McPhee in the grass woven costumes worn by the workers in the encampments as well as fragments of highland fishing boats and architectural oddities.

This work provides a bridge between our ancient past and an unknown but optimistic future for Scotland. These tiny fragments are all we have left of our ancient Scottish nation, of a past we can barely imagine when we were culturally whole and are seen in the context of a narrative of rebuilding. The artworks show eccentric ad-hocist constructions being built, great Ark structures. Arks constructed from the debris of old boat hulls and deconstructed allotment sheds which are drawn from images collected all over Scotland; from the outer Hebrides and Orkney to the central belt. The background textures and colours are an abstracted study of the orange Lykens found by the coast in the Hebrides and explore both geology and mapping. It is a delightful notion that these fragments from which the artworks are created will circle the country and at some points shall pass the sites where they actually lie awaiting recycling.

rebecca's excellent fringe | photo credit travelling gallery

alex frost meet mike inglis | photo credit alison chisholm

art camp | photo credit alison chisholm

mike inglis and morvern cunningham | photo credit leith late

art camp travelling | photo credit alison chisholm

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Rabu, 28 Januari 2015

17.03

SNH ARTIST RESIDENCY | TREE CHURCH INSTALLATION

by Travelling around the world, in scottish natural heritage

image marco scerri

image lorne gill SNH

image marco scerri

image mike inglis

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 -

https://bootlaceandlightning.wordpress.com/

image marco scerri

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

image mike inglis

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Kamis, 06 Maret 2014

03.31

songs from the beginning of the world

by Travelling around the world, in screenprints

The first part of my research based arts project "Chasing the Ghost of Angus Mcphee" a bespoke hand made and very limited edition grey cloth box containing a set of six new screenprints. The prints examine contemporary Scottish culture and its fractured relationship with the past through an exploration of identity which pulls together many diverse strands and influences such as outsider artist Angus McPhee in the grass woven costumes worn by the children as well as tribal fetishes and outsider art versions of everyday cultural icons that the children of the grass choose to worship.

This work provides a bridge between an ancient past and an unknown future for a hebridean culture and the broader Scottish culture. These tiny fragments are all we have left of our ancient Scottish nation and who we once were when we were culturally whole. Are the children ghosts from the past haunting our present or are they confused cultural warriors fighting to create a new future?

The ruins of old caravans, desolate vessels representing family and a transient relationship with memory and home lurk in the backgrounds of some of the images. In other more hopeful images we see new Ark structures built, Arks constructed from the debris of old boat hulls and deconstructed allotment sheds.

The texts reference political systems, ideologies, collective memories and calls for unity and are intentionally ambiguous, some ominous, some celebratory, some even threatening.

The background textures are an abstracted study of the orange lichens found by the coast in the Hebrides and explore both geology and mapping.

BOX SIZE : 51CM x 36 CM x 3CM

BOX EDITION – 8

BOX GREY CLOTH BOUND BOX WITH INSET SCREENPRINT ON COVER

PRINT SIZES : 6 IMAGES : EACH 50 CM x 35CM

5 colour screenprints on fabriano white paper

Produced in September 2013

The editions were produced at Highland Print Studio and the hand made boxed produced in collaboration with Sollas Books in North Uist with funding support from Creative Scotland and University of Edinburgh.

The second part of the new body will be a series of large-scale mixed media pieces created from salvage collected on my travels in the Hebrides and be ready in the New Year after I complete my current creative Scotland residency for Year of Natural Scotland with SNH to be followed by a large scale sculptural Public art installation.

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Minggu, 19 Juni 2016

THE TRAVELLING GALLERY | THE ARK CAMPS MURALS

Rabu, 28 Januari 2015

SNH ARTIST RESIDENCY | TREE CHURCH INSTALLATION

Kamis, 06 Maret 2014

songs from the beginning of the world

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