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REMOTE
new media artists respond to the Scottish Highlands
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The Iona Gallery, Kingussie, Inverness-shire
Exhibition: 4-16 November 2002
Open Mon-Fri 1-5pm Sat 10am-12pm. Admission free
Artists' Talk: 3-5pm, Saturday 16 November 2002.
Refreshments provided. Admission free.
Chair: Dr Anna Paterson, writer and journalist, University of St
Andrews. Author of 'Scotland's Landscape: Endangered Icon' (Polygon,
2002).
What happens when urban realism and rural romanticism collide?
An exhibition featuring seven artists invited to respond to the
physical and social environments in the Cairngorms through
residencies in the area during Summer 2002.
Thomson & Craighead are exhibiting new work 'The Price of Freedom' -
a modified book form appropriating lines from John Barbour's epic
poem, 'The Bruce', as domain names offered for sale; and 'Making a
case for the twinning of Newtonmore and Las Vegas', an open public
letter accessible online at http://www.morevegas.net
r a d i o q u a l i a's 'listening_stations' project resulted from a
residency at makrolab - a temporary art and science laboratory
located near Blair Atholl during the summer of 2002. The work is part
of ongoing research to make audible via an online radio station
astronomy signals intercepted from space, including the planet
Jupiter and the Sun.
Simon Fildes and Katrina McPherson, both based in Newtonmore, are
showing a number of projects including an interactive sound
sculpture, web-journeys and found objects inspired by the A889 road
from Dalwhinnie to Laggan, dubbed 'the most dangerous road in
Britain'.
Cavan Convery's project 'Ground Truth' has been inspired largely by
the increasing branding, labelling and systems management of the
countryside by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), some of the
largest employers in rural Scotland. The first completed piece is 'a
History of the Interpretative Panel'. Other ideas currently being
explored include an interpretative trail through cyberspace.
Following the exhibition, REMOTE works can be experienced as part of
HOST, New Media Scotland's online project space at
http://host.mediascot.org
Further information at http://www.mediascot.org
REMOTE is a collaboration between New Media Scotland and Highland
Research, Newtonmore. Supported by the Scottish Arts Council;
Highland Council; Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey Enterprise; Highlands
& Islands Enterprise Broadband 4 Business; Scottish Natural Heritage;
makrolab; Dalwhinnie Distillery.
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