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21-Feb-12, 11:41
John o' Groats Public Art: Meeting & Discussion
Thursday 23th February, 7pm at The Seaview Hotel, John o’ Groats
Free, Refreshments Served, All Welcome
You are warmly invited to attend this meeting where concepts and locations for Public Art Works will be discussed together with further ideas for the wider community.
Following their appointment as concept artists for the redevelopment of John o’ Groats and the preliminary meeting which took place in December, visual artists Dalziel + Scullion will outline their report on the key artistic opportunities and creative approaches they see as playing a part in the redevelopment of John o’ Groats.
In order to give us an idea of numbers for the refreshments please RSVP to: kirstenbody@hotmail.com
We look forward to seeing you there.
If you'd like to discuss the project in more detail please contact Nick Scroggie: nick.scroggie@hient.co.uk
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JohnOGroatsTransformation (http://www.facebook.com/JohnOGroatsTransformation)
This project is being part-financed by the Scottish Government and the European Community Highland LEADER 2007-2013 Programme along with Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Background
Following on from the successful John o’ Groats 'Transform' weekend last summer, Highlands & Islands Enterprise appointed the highly respected artist team Dalziel + Scullion to develop a unique and distinctive approach to the design of public art at John o' Groats. They will draw from the environment, heritage and development plans to date, and work with the design team and community members to develop a creative and highly relevant approach of the highest quality. It is intended that this will lead to further commissions for other artists - for permanent and temporary work.
Matthew Dalziel says: “We are very interested in how artworks and art concepts can help regenerate and revitalise areas aiding the development of sustainable local communities, as well as nurturing relationships with the land and wider ecology. We look at the resources places have at their disposal, which could be physical attributes like mountains or beaches, or less tangible features like customs and ideas and use these to create artworks or objects that encapsulate iconic images that can play a substantial role in supporting a place as a location or destination.”
Their studio creates artworks in photography, video, sound and sculpture that explore new artistic languages surrounding the subject of ecology. Dalziel + Scullion regularly collaborate with: musicians, naturalists, philosophers and scientists to make artworks that visualise aspects of our shared environment from alternative perspectives. They have produced a significant portfolio of international and UK based commissions; including permanent works such as at SNH HQ, Inverness, and a new film work currently under development in Sutherland.
For more information see: http://www.dalzielscullion.com/media_page/press.html (http://www.dalzielscullion.com/media_page/press.html)
Thursday 23th February, 7pm at The Seaview Hotel, John o’ Groats
Free, Refreshments Served, All Welcome
You are warmly invited to attend this meeting where concepts and locations for Public Art Works will be discussed together with further ideas for the wider community.
Following their appointment as concept artists for the redevelopment of John o’ Groats and the preliminary meeting which took place in December, visual artists Dalziel + Scullion will outline their report on the key artistic opportunities and creative approaches they see as playing a part in the redevelopment of John o’ Groats.
In order to give us an idea of numbers for the refreshments please RSVP to: kirstenbody@hotmail.com
We look forward to seeing you there.
If you'd like to discuss the project in more detail please contact Nick Scroggie: nick.scroggie@hient.co.uk
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JohnOGroatsTransformation (http://www.facebook.com/JohnOGroatsTransformation)
This project is being part-financed by the Scottish Government and the European Community Highland LEADER 2007-2013 Programme along with Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Background
Following on from the successful John o’ Groats 'Transform' weekend last summer, Highlands & Islands Enterprise appointed the highly respected artist team Dalziel + Scullion to develop a unique and distinctive approach to the design of public art at John o' Groats. They will draw from the environment, heritage and development plans to date, and work with the design team and community members to develop a creative and highly relevant approach of the highest quality. It is intended that this will lead to further commissions for other artists - for permanent and temporary work.
Matthew Dalziel says: “We are very interested in how artworks and art concepts can help regenerate and revitalise areas aiding the development of sustainable local communities, as well as nurturing relationships with the land and wider ecology. We look at the resources places have at their disposal, which could be physical attributes like mountains or beaches, or less tangible features like customs and ideas and use these to create artworks or objects that encapsulate iconic images that can play a substantial role in supporting a place as a location or destination.”
Their studio creates artworks in photography, video, sound and sculpture that explore new artistic languages surrounding the subject of ecology. Dalziel + Scullion regularly collaborate with: musicians, naturalists, philosophers and scientists to make artworks that visualise aspects of our shared environment from alternative perspectives. They have produced a significant portfolio of international and UK based commissions; including permanent works such as at SNH HQ, Inverness, and a new film work currently under development in Sutherland.
For more information see: http://www.dalzielscullion.com/media_page/press.html (http://www.dalzielscullion.com/media_page/press.html)