tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82850840809126277242024-03-21T08:48:11.920-07:00Timespan Artists in ResidenceA place for artists staying with us to record their ideas, encounters and thoughts.Timespanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557632544805330611noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-50334093927277171442011-08-10T02:21:00.000-07:002011-08-10T04:37:46.460-07:00Looking Forward to Looking Back<span style="font-family:arial;">Drawing ice</span>
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<br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7bVSac6bi2Hd7Mv3D6spPzxjA23-BMbjMCW1bIfHsBTpSPx54SvKyWIiINM8aiv1qGT90JCEmcRg1lzYJWzMdzGYr7iJWypsqm9ujLw9teur6Qwx9pP-OsTk4GJGW9uSRWivvTpH3Wc/s1600/ice-moon.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Making artwork involves juggling, sorting and locating all the things that I learn about a place, a landscape and a time. There are always more </span><span style="font-family:arial;">ideas about </span><span style="font-family:arial;">processes, materials, sources and stories. Then there comes a time when I have to decide which thoughts are the most important, which idea will I develop and how will it communicate all that I have learned.
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<br />When I first came to Helmsdale in Midsummer 2010 it was the Icehouse, the River Helmsdale and the sea that I was interested in. That is still so and the work I put in the Icehouse in September will reflect that. I hope it will describe how being human over the years can be hard work for most of us. Its name is The silence of the moon - this work will describe what I see and not explain what I think. Ask me when I there and I will try and answer any questions about how much being in Helmsdale has meant for me.</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7bVSac6bi2Hd7Mv3D6spPzxjA23-BMbjMCW1bIfHsBTpSPx54SvKyWIiINM8aiv1qGT90JCEmcRg1lzYJWzMdzGYr7iJWypsqm9ujLw9teur6Qwx9pP-OsTk4GJGW9uSRWivvTpH3Wc/s1600/ice-moon.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv7bVSac6bi2Hd7Mv3D6spPzxjA23-BMbjMCW1bIfHsBTpSPx54SvKyWIiINM8aiv1qGT90JCEmcRg1lzYJWzMdzGYr7iJWypsqm9ujLw9teur6Qwx9pP-OsTk4GJGW9uSRWivvTpH3Wc/s200/ice-moon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639182594169263938" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNkURwxAUC12XGF1O2xonoasCtPjlDOzsTydy2xD-p-62Uwu8aHSo3V5zRj4_4ieNcBqsuvcNTRoNANfk4bEg54AZOkyP3nf9BP4R38UXQd6K8971hBmWYrU3ucGMi9lzf0zIgtXpP6k/s1600/ice-drawing.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNkURwxAUC12XGF1O2xonoasCtPjlDOzsTydy2xD-p-62Uwu8aHSo3V5zRj4_4ieNcBqsuvcNTRoNANfk4bEg54AZOkyP3nf9BP4R38UXQd6K8971hBmWYrU3ucGMi9lzf0zIgtXpP6k/s200/ice-drawing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639182098266771042" border="0" /></a></div>Aileen M.Stackhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903090374726630267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-8756371426869507512011-04-18T05:43:00.000-07:002011-04-18T05:48:25.134-07:00Graham Fagen Blog | April 16thBaile an Or?<br />Field of gold in English rather than town of gold?<br />Garnets!<br />Lots of Garnets.<br />That’s what we found.<br />No gold this time but there’s always the next time, definitely.<br /><br />Crabs, on the doorstep, greeted our return from Baile an Or.<br />Thanks Lorna.<br />More (and maybe a lobster or two?) on my return please?!<br /><br />Tomorrow is the last day the Ed Rusha exhibition will be on.<br />Great show.<br />Great to see it up here.<br />I’ll miss it.<br />Great to see the national galleries working and showing with others.<br /><br />In absence of my reflection in one of Ed’s works, I’ll leave you with a sign and a meal.<br /><br />Until June.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjwRKuLFiOZOBciwc3-q41niJLEakRfqdSM4r8wKkF4DsusK3DGIPTn_1Un9vUFsy8G-rNrvTypvXgfcnVFwOhpKyPRNXUkbiQ1xLrYMk4sY9us9mEiY1RRKzXk0Tj5QOqXLdkq0Fe8U/s1600/meal.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjwRKuLFiOZOBciwc3-q41niJLEakRfqdSM4r8wKkF4DsusK3DGIPTn_1Un9vUFsy8G-rNrvTypvXgfcnVFwOhpKyPRNXUkbiQ1xLrYMk4sY9us9mEiY1RRKzXk0Tj5QOqXLdkq0Fe8U/s320/meal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596903827177051154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9DOM7QycYeqXOLY0MLvKGc5Cx7zk4-YZmp9jHCXqUzJAF1DcnaZFh17XgNf6_cbJUCEZIvNlCqW54-nF_G0-i12AYPM8igjkHmU9APgQbcMjH1Kb2_zxGxQheybpO9cVHFD5WZSWHc4/s1600/Baile_an_Or.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9DOM7QycYeqXOLY0MLvKGc5Cx7zk4-YZmp9jHCXqUzJAF1DcnaZFh17XgNf6_cbJUCEZIvNlCqW54-nF_G0-i12AYPM8igjkHmU9APgQbcMjH1Kb2_zxGxQheybpO9cVHFD5WZSWHc4/s320/Baile_an_Or.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596903691496480114" /></a>Timespanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557632544805330611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-24348807748275033102011-04-15T05:06:00.001-07:002011-04-15T05:19:58.798-07:00Graham Fagen Blog | April 13<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">13 is my lucky number.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">I was born on a thirteenth.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Tomorrow I’m going to Baile an Or.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Town of Gold in English.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">There was a gold rush there in 1869.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">You can still pan for gold there today, in the Kildonan Burn.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">As I mentioned yesterday, this is where my journey up the Helmsdale River takes me.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; 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vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">If I had sense I would have gone today, on my ‘lucky’ day.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Instead I went to film old settlements in the rain.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">I wanted the rain.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">When I got there the rain stopped.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">13 was working for me but didn’t realise I wanted the rain to keep coming.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">I think I’m more interested in what the need to find gold means, rather than actually striking it rich myself.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">It’s good Ed Rusha is here to help me with my thoughts.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Here’s me, thinking of Baile an Or, reflected in Ed’s HOPE.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Thanks again Sir.</p></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmcd8aGOumJSmyQO93VJUIeyu-kIq4dXJfR6ZDz9BqMbPArbFfjiivef_vkQXJe3fgG9C8nbmLBCwG2vtcVQD3lckTzwVOxtKBaRzOHe6v-CLp-u6OphqVL1TUCAaQOExm8J8hC_nqic/s1600/hope.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmcd8aGOumJSmyQO93VJUIeyu-kIq4dXJfR6ZDz9BqMbPArbFfjiivef_vkQXJe3fgG9C8nbmLBCwG2vtcVQD3lckTzwVOxtKBaRzOHe6v-CLp-u6OphqVL1TUCAaQOExm8J8hC_nqic/s320/hope.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595780689667020882" /></a>Timespanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557632544805330611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-29662042785074363662011-04-15T05:03:00.000-07:002011-04-15T05:05:45.301-07:00Graham Fagen Blog | Time<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; "><p>I’ve never blogged before.</p><p>I need to figure out who I’m talking to I think.</p><p>Perhaps that will come with time.</p><p>Time is what is interesting me here in Helmsdale.</p><p>This is my third visit this year the other two visits were in January.</p><p>It was in January after my first visit that I decided I wanted to make a video work that was about time.</p><p>The River Helmsdale will be the spine of the work.</p><p>My plan is to start at the sea, go up river to Kildonan Burn or Baile An Or, where we’ll search for gold and then back downstream, through the Strath to the sea again.</p><p>We’ll pass lots of important places.</p><p>Land that is owned.</p><p>Land that people were cleared from.</p><p>Memorials and clocks.</p><p>Trees and plants and animals and birds.</p><p>This is all on going.</p><p>I’ll be working through to July and the exhibition will open in August.</p><p>What is on display now though is fantastic.</p><p>Ed Ruscha is here.</p><p>In Timespan, in Helmsdale, in Sutherland!</p><p>He’s not here in person but in spirit through his work exhibited in the gallery until the 16<sup>th</sup> April.</p><p>It looks great and it’s a real treat for me to have caught it here.</p><p>Here is me, wondering who I’m talking / writing to, reflected in Ed’s ‘dirty baby’.</p><p>Thank you Sir!</p></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzCV_VS5heCDlfZmdUtxD2OmS8B5UvmES95TSfFwCan-cpOa65IV20FyiWqmoPZcpl1oB5ycBLYAlaIgCPg88O4b5CPQTxyi6Ch5YNMXS0y8780JxG3SAgSuJIoYR8l5Ik1Ethyx9S8s/s1600/Dirty_Baby.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzCV_VS5heCDlfZmdUtxD2OmS8B5UvmES95TSfFwCan-cpOa65IV20FyiWqmoPZcpl1oB5ycBLYAlaIgCPg88O4b5CPQTxyi6Ch5YNMXS0y8780JxG3SAgSuJIoYR8l5Ik1Ethyx9S8s/s320/Dirty_Baby.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595780119594315394" /></a>Timespanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557632544805330611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-7111612049858712962011-02-04T03:14:00.000-08:002011-02-05T03:00:45.973-08:00The necessity of imagination<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqYzetbiaWHbbtCWg916Aa6RBVFW3waq4HmlKGnS8aziizOvjgtFVY_KHKHgjCUG7fMKhaXeiQnh6md53Kqc0XKhiwQygqal8kvQqYuhA7-5q6MJrwV-ZYf6i1Me1_FLFGseIudj3tE8/s1600/35b.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqYzetbiaWHbbtCWg916Aa6RBVFW3waq4HmlKGnS8aziizOvjgtFVY_KHKHgjCUG7fMKhaXeiQnh6md53Kqc0XKhiwQygqal8kvQqYuhA7-5q6MJrwV-ZYf6i1Me1_FLFGseIudj3tE8/s200/35b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570157467132265250" border="0" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNL46deBWe9jjlyNw-IXzwSa0UZSyscpaBAhx0kTZv7ewE9aYDrv5nj0Zudb5ZqPxYpm2y38n-xf6v9q0iQnEZLNvD7muZwmTe4Cf1Lv503zXXvYsxSvbVnXM4tdZYJZhRMu8fi6Kyhis/s1600/35a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNL46deBWe9jjlyNw-IXzwSa0UZSyscpaBAhx0kTZv7ewE9aYDrv5nj0Zudb5ZqPxYpm2y38n-xf6v9q0iQnEZLNvD7muZwmTe4Cf1Lv503zXXvYsxSvbVnXM4tdZYJZhRMu8fi6Kyhis/s200/35a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570152392688978594" border="0" /></a><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Snow</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> River</span></b><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufjZBFHQEkD5mrL69cmVC2ktqdIgRB71FJBfWMZcTdjK8vp328synwPD6Ec07kmGTyZmw1kHXvu1OOhIPHakBBJJaZxTJw2jO1RWSL4z7-_lfKY5xxViDsJLODCxveIySbL5uGfKNB6k/s1600/18c.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufjZBFHQEkD5mrL69cmVC2ktqdIgRB71FJBfWMZcTdjK8vp328synwPD6Ec07kmGTyZmw1kHXvu1OOhIPHakBBJJaZxTJw2jO1RWSL4z7-_lfKY5xxViDsJLODCxveIySbL5uGfKNB6k/s200/18c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570156067498032690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_FhV0UT2rNGcngL6LABFmYiEBPL-mc9R3pl09r6XgMaJcOPF3p7wruFCUqdcypGEGbnHadV9ss2sPclEcqvb33wlRIZ7hhBLqymYT2EK2vLsPG5CNcwcLwv4QG2z48CRlPVIQJTssYw/s1600/18d.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;">4 February</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;">Last blog for now as my funding from the RSA for this residency here at Timespan has finished. It’s been a valuable experience on many levels. There are many aspects of Helmsdale that invite close inspection. In my own case it has been walking along the River Helmsdale and the shore – primarily towards Portgower – and then coming back into the village down past the Clock tower Memorial accompanied by its gang of Jackdaws. My work, apart from one piece, has always been sited inside a building and has been a response to that particular building (it’s structure and space, it’s age, it’s prior purpose - see <a href="http://www.sierrametro.com/">www.sierrametro.com</a> – <i>How long is now?</i> for example). In an ideal world - if I was able to make a work here in Helmsdale- the space and structure (the building, as it were) would be the surrounding landscape. The room would be the walk over the Telford Bridge into the Ice House, and then along the river passing underneath the new bridge to the shore. The return would be via the Clock Tower - where our time is struck and sounded every quarter of every hour every day. The work would invite the walker to think about -to imagine – what takes place over time. The past, the present and the future are all woven together everywhere in the world, and here in Helmsdale the points at which the world can change abruptly for people and their resulting vulnerability to others’ wishes are identifiable. Such vulnerability requires extra reserves of endurance, resourcefulness, adaptability and imagination to survive – to move on. The archive within Timespan contains many examples of how people who lived here coped with those pressures – the community who live here now are witness to continuing changes – the threat to the continued existence of places like Timespan and the local library are real. Imagination is essential for everyday life, imagination does not only exist in dreams, art or stories. It is our way of making sense of the world around us. Without imagination we could not remember, we could not plan, we would not be able to understand how other beings feel – whether they existed in the past, exist now, or will exist in the future. If I am asked to come back and make such a work I hope that it will reflect these many aspects and elements that influence our daily lives.<br />Thank you to everyone at Timespan and Helmsdale for being so friendly and welcoming and thank you to the RSA for enabling me to research and develop ideas.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNL46deBWe9jjlyNw-IXzwSa0UZSyscpaBAhx0kTZv7ewE9aYDrv5nj0Zudb5ZqPxYpm2y38n-xf6v9q0iQnEZLNvD7muZwmTe4Cf1Lv503zXXvYsxSvbVnXM4tdZYJZhRMu8fi6Kyhis/s1600/35a.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQ2vhLTQEViwH1T4iBxAWuEXIwLn2BWCXlpZXhPjrDZwSL01axyrnHc4uRBDh1jqR4TamtVR_OcsHrLkdrincLgVCQ0EteZ3gtBB4YSxKWc3XRMlBWJXkMLW8DpaOA79LLKdAfwrxONc/s1600/35b.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span> </a><div face="arial"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></p></div>Aileen M.Stackhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903090374726630267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-92150562708520376792011-01-31T03:00:00.001-08:002011-01-31T03:50:20.896-08:00Rocks and Waves<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_mNym2TV5Uen-eh3UbTq_3k7CoS8XEZ548zzZscAW7nueZKBQyU1742qSOlgsVuVQlszmCUWgqFEI0r8Y17h8OlJFg5E2OvnmCe3axDwj3RRsVZSLPgoCYcaGr8u4ZWwJ2pp2cKaiME/s1600/47b.jpg"></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 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The only stone I can reliably identify is quartz. I used to be better at it when I was a child and I suppose the knowledge is still filed away somewhere in my brain but I can’t find it. Many of the stones have markings which resemble faces, the first one below for example. </span></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_mNym2TV5Uen-eh3UbTq_3k7CoS8XEZ548zzZscAW7nueZKBQyU1742qSOlgsVuVQlszmCUWgqFEI0r8Y17h8OlJFg5E2OvnmCe3axDwj3RRsVZSLPgoCYcaGr8u4ZWwJ2pp2cKaiME/s1600/47b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_mNym2TV5Uen-eh3UbTq_3k7CoS8XEZ548zzZscAW7nueZKBQyU1742qSOlgsVuVQlszmCUWgqFEI0r8Y17h8OlJFg5E2OvnmCe3axDwj3RRsVZSLPgoCYcaGr8u4ZWwJ2pp2cKaiME/s200/47b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568310943336783810" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM41Mw33ROZgaHXE15air498pAL8BI7tRcBO9sxPpyOVmiC8GKFRbNIjOP6K7irNHI-24lxpMQE5X78ld35p-XSN1gK2HTnYWGZyAAu96AqcAwwCDOXilLwCFud2zDXLhSeWRLzB7wXgI/s1600/47a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM41Mw33ROZgaHXE15air498pAL8BI7tRcBO9sxPpyOVmiC8GKFRbNIjOP6K7irNHI-24lxpMQE5X78ld35p-XSN1gK2HTnYWGZyAAu96AqcAwwCDOXilLwCFud2zDXLhSeWRLzB7wXgI/s200/47a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568310939522108578" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6ZUlnRsalA0ONnDH1YDZzc-gHz9zu-u0WWDTUDlcTxVIf5P65A8Db_MjYRNi2CGBoMg9pc-JzzCzcnJJ1WBLna4BQzg7FydvKNa08mxpvAUPI8x5OwAkBfkHQF3H5PSfCFDRZWyheuk/s1600/47.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6ZUlnRsalA0ONnDH1YDZzc-gHz9zu-u0WWDTUDlcTxVIf5P65A8Db_MjYRNi2CGBoMg9pc-JzzCzcnJJ1WBLna4BQzg7FydvKNa08mxpvAUPI8x5OwAkBfkHQF3H5PSfCFDRZWyheuk/s200/47.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568310830406888050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvz2eXgr78v9GeK-ISsDzTBjrokyoEx4ShGoyYKY2i95poCciQ1sWWWRfWbGurIDd2Mub2IrxECj5WRbMV6bcHa-A7YR9NnYr_qsArjVwz_kT_t6AF5ZL5y1OVyqsEV9sjQmn0MOtgwQ/s1600/46c.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvz2eXgr78v9GeK-ISsDzTBjrokyoEx4ShGoyYKY2i95poCciQ1sWWWRfWbGurIDd2Mub2IrxECj5WRbMV6bcHa-A7YR9NnYr_qsArjVwz_kT_t6AF5ZL5y1OVyqsEV9sjQmn0MOtgwQ/s200/46c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568310825542246002" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftFBYXPnvWSjYSRFNtcsey7tKo5e0tPx2AQuYlRAFxUQwFZver0u7J8iFMoZs0CcMlW9a8ay7ZxfUUzy_t8Ery2lMGU4qafXO8F-0M9wPJQ5LKpmbpDu6H7BkBKX0tQ9jgMpp_yv7ZiY/s1600/46b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftFBYXPnvWSjYSRFNtcsey7tKo5e0tPx2AQuYlRAFxUQwFZver0u7J8iFMoZs0CcMlW9a8ay7ZxfUUzy_t8Ery2lMGU4qafXO8F-0M9wPJQ5LKpmbpDu6H7BkBKX0tQ9jgMpp_yv7ZiY/s200/46b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568310821000987554" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTlxF2AOMdSLLO3W_JlThE1Tus2d3-lDq2nbeeiLlHinV7TsrLoOf_Ur1N7QFIt-FlV95RQt1vM7bB04rw-4pMMfAmvChs5kEIwhgUioMVH5J2vy9aPslqOL2Kd516uGNIHcLxavadCA/s1600/46a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTlxF2AOMdSLLO3W_JlThE1Tus2d3-lDq2nbeeiLlHinV7TsrLoOf_Ur1N7QFIt-FlV95RQt1vM7bB04rw-4pMMfAmvChs5kEIwhgUioMVH5J2vy9aPslqOL2Kd516uGNIHcLxavadCA/s200/46a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568310816334308210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Back home in Blairgowrie for a few days I go the library and borrow <span style=""> </span>‘Leviathan or, The Whale’ written by Philip Hoare – in the first few pages I read the following and immediately think of the sea and the River Helmsdale – </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">“<i style="">To the careless, the water may seem the same from one day to the next, but under observation it becomes a continuous drama . . . played out at he edge of the shore or on the open ocean. It is a natural spectacle capable of rising dozens of feet up into the air, or lying low like a glassy pond, so mirrored that it might not be there at all, seamlessly joining earth to sky. Surging and peaking, self-renewing and self-perpetuating, it can take away as easily as it gives.</i>”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_09PfBw6oWdZf9U1o5IKNbQ-mfd_D58EgYzb7M169nZrnQA1h8yGKddHPVDiRR20KQh30-6Ml4lEyag160X81wNrmtCJR4Q6DFI3rRUp64zQS67_cKvF6uBfrEOtPFYy7m93E1p3mpIs/s1600/12b.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_09PfBw6oWdZf9U1o5IKNbQ-mfd_D58EgYzb7M169nZrnQA1h8yGKddHPVDiRR20KQh30-6Ml4lEyag160X81wNrmtCJR4Q6DFI3rRUp64zQS67_cKvF6uBfrEOtPFYy7m93E1p3mpIs/s200/12b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568309819630179810" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYrxrnc77KaiWI747XsJ7oIvLEJPO0ZerksMqqTkrtVbQSH1NhpPlyKbvzLfDQfzqQ7_xJpZArLF3PFgVAb-QySLfcSLVZIKFu_ZGJww0Z0DnjNVk4SFAcPG0kbKGulRVYXDLI4MDMWw/s1600/10.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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A very good night was had by all, about 60 guests came along – there were many smiling faces and much laughter. A bowl of broth to start and then the celebrations were introduced by Jean Sargent when Jamie Kelly (extremely smart in his kilt) piped in the haggis and eating began. The haggis was announced to be eminently tasty – it was accompanied by generous helpings of tatties and neeps and lined the stomach nicely - ready for the trifle to follow. The trifles were made by the organisers and so delicious I had to have spoonfuls from at least five of them – some were alcoholic and some were not but they were all fantastic. After dinner speeches were made by Jacquie Aitken (Timespan’s Archivist) and Christine Cowie (Heritage) – both received hearty applause. <span style=""> </span>Amongst other excellent entertainments Lisa Macdonald from Timespan sang and dancing was by the Kerry Findlay Highland Dancers, four young women who gave an original take on the familiar form. I was impressed by their performance in such a small space surrounded on all sides by the audience. Gerry Wood and Penny Woodley kept the kitchen going and the tables waited/weighted with food. Caroline Kelly kept the guests well watered with various beverages and Lorna Jappy persuaded people to buy tickets for the raffle which made a substantial contribution to the funds raised. (Approximately £1000!!). The raffle took place after a very popular game which involved seeing who could roll a pound coin nearest to a bottle of Clynelish Whisky (from Brora). The man who won was very very happy.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" >On Sunday and Monday I reflected that sometimes I spend as much time with my head down looking at the ground beneath my feet as the sky or the sea or the river. Down on the shore towards Portgower the small stones can look like sweeties, humbugs, and the like. While walking I was thinking about the Earth - how it spins and we do not really notice, how it constantly shifts beneath us and we hardly notice – unless there is an earthquake or a volcanic eruption. Here at Helmsdale an ancient fault line can be seen in places, the Helmsdale Fault means that one part of the Earth's crust slid under another part - how suddenly did it occur? Was it imperceptible or did it heave and crash? My favourite reading at the moment is <span style="font-style: italic;">The Excursion Guide to the Geology of East Sutherland and Caithness </span>(eds N.H. Trewin and A. Hurst) which I found in the archive. It has detailed descriptions of the rocks etc between Golspie and Ousdale with a lot about Helmsdale. I understand hardly anything in the book at all, it is a poetical foreign language with classifications of these stones I see beneath my feet. It has no pictures so I can’t match what I see with what is described. Therefore the pictures of the rocks, stones and pebbles for this blog must wait, the photographs I have taken must be developed and printed. Then when I post them people can tell me what they are – instead of me describing them as mottled pinky orange or striped grey with an oblong of darkness in the centre.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" ><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" >Remember to come and see <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.dufi-art.com">Dufi’s </a><span style=""> </span>exhibition Teenage Kicks <span style=""> </span>while it's on at Timespan, – and on Monday 24<sup>th</sup> Jan there was an excellent Musical Response Workshop where we all had to bring our favourite LP’s with our favourite tracks and play them on an old stereo in the gallery space. I like this exhibition, Dufi (Al MacInnes and Fin Macrae) call themselves Graffiti Artists and here I see more evidence of how Graffiti Art is taken more seriously at this time than it has been for a while. The work is highly disciplined and well- thought out. Each piece functions by itself and they all work together as an installation. As you enter - on the left wall behind you there is a shelf with cans neatly ordered on top. The wall under the shelf has narrow stripes of multi-coloured paint sliding down towards the floor and a chameleon is concealed within them – I had to be shown it! Call myself an artist or what??? On the long left wall a selection of LPs are mounted – some you can take down and play on the stereo and some cannot be played because they are now works of art. On the back wall are prints of images stimulated by the lyrics from the albums that Dufi selected from their own </span><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" >list </span><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" >of </span><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" >about 500. On the right hand wall behind you as you enter is a stencil work which seems to hover above the gallery wall, pale blue and as fragile looking as a robin’s egg. The stereo system in the centre is placed on a cabinet which itself is placed on a square of typical living room carpet from around the 70’s. There is an armchair to sit in and headphones to listen with.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" >The workshop was friendly and welcoming – the two artists invited us to eat sweeties that reminded us of our childhoods, fruit salad chews and liquorice blackjacks, cola cubes and jelly gums, Tunnocks tea cakes, caramel bars and snowballs, <span style=""> </span>Kool-aid from Canada and Creamola which had to be added to water and then fizzed. That reminded me of Spacedust and Flying Saucers. We then sat down and made our art works on paper embossed with the shape of a 7”single. 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right; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I am watching the river and the sea - still fascinated by their unending changing characters - colours, surfaces and movements, all within a hundred metres of each other. This</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">morning</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">I walk </span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">up to the new (ish) A9</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">bridge over the river mouth and look down at both waters moving towards each other. It is low tide and the wind blows from the North-West (I think) – lifting tiny waves on the surface of the bigger ones. It chases them the opposite way and they flee skittishly out to sea and towards the approaching sun.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The water is steel gray, purple, darkening blue towards the horizon a line so straight it could have been drawn with a ruler. Close to the shore the colours change, turquoise, pale yellow, pink and green and as I walk down the path to the beach the tide begins to turn. The slope here down to the sea is steeper and the waves pull the gravel and pebbles back with them after they crash down on them. The sun is a tiny sliver of molten orange bright and far away - the clouded sky has many layers in the sun’s light – trails wisps of pink and orange, huge washes of yellow ochre almost brown and back to the blues and the grays. Behind me the rain approaches, the sea changes again and although it is not rough I am reminded of the talk the night before last given by Tony Sinclair from<a href="http://www.wickheritage.org/"> Wick Heritage Society</a> about herring fishing. We watched early films from the <a href="http://www.johnstoncollection.net/Default.aspx">Johnston Collection</a> which showed Wick in the days when it was a thriving part of the fishing industry. Some of the newer boats were powered by steam and some were still sail – but the most obvious difference was the sheer number of them – the sense of busyness, of hard labour, of noise – even though the films were silent. Men carrying huge weights of coal, of fish, women gutting herrings with cloths tied round their fingers to protect themselves from the knives and the salt. This work was piece work, the more you gutted the more you got. The herring were salted as they were unloaded by the men from the boats, salted again and then packed - belly up - in wooden barrels made by the cooper at the harbour. The herring were left to settle for a week or so and then more packed on top. Tony Sinclair then showed us a short but terrifying/wonderful film of a film on a <a href="http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10296623&wwwflag=2&imagepos=5">Kinora</a> home viewer. These worked on the same principle as a child’s flick book but were operated by turning a handle at the side, only one or two people could watch at a time. The film was of the lighthouse in the harbour being swamped by storm waves – and part was of a young boy standing at the end of the harbour wall. The mechanism of the Kinora was so smooth that the separate frames could not be seen – these images were also in colour.</span></p><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </div><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: right; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">I thought about all of this while looking at the sea, I thought about how frightened I would be if I was out in weather like that, I thought about how hard life can be, and is, and was, for some of us. I was woken from considering all of this by a warm nose snuffling at my hand – I turned and looked down and there was a light-eyed, brindled dog looking up at me and wagging its tail . . . time to go home for a hot cup of tea.</span></p> <div style="text-align: left;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLp5kqvkjXNp48fEOFz_CUmTMSok9sLT8mpmBiQh-f-ax0V4Z3cpjxO-Kwct87SgzF3q2bbjwsfqL9o29KDohlXahTwQ1VT9aIW-TeQqRYlINNB-BYMx81qiD81FT5oPs1wMxhYNbdblY/s1600/tide3a.jpg"><br /></a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Aileen M.Stackhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903090374726630267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-4062755574179699192011-01-16T06:39:00.000-08:002011-01-16T07:16:17.334-08:00Sunday 15 January - Timespan-Third Stay<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCxcjcCAN3lqlDNuaTKGnJ4H29HVEIw15Vd-btRp5aDl5vHa5Aj42Yas2wQfjzsUwwmhsFFlFg4kSRjQ9B0XAQTQTTHN6C9qo0KAbYQxIUXmeYSWehy1cd_UWMkuaqi7W8hyphenhyphenpA-cK0N4/s1600/b1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562802604350827714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCxcjcCAN3lqlDNuaTKGnJ4H29HVEIw15Vd-btRp5aDl5vHa5Aj42Yas2wQfjzsUwwmhsFFlFg4kSRjQ9B0XAQTQTTHN6C9qo0KAbYQxIUXmeYSWehy1cd_UWMkuaqi7W8hyphenhyphenpA-cK0N4/s200/b1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxymisc0PU_5NH4l8i6oA7DqSjzoi3RGBEjQAJfuhRxK4LCzMUMTAJpqEfmXn6bdFrDCo06CULOyZbikNSv141vXvpANMmwRd_2mZ_vjXDIkP2LGaBzJjrc3kpASwwcduyy6FBwVmpcnY/s1600/d2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562801931822080930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 141px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxymisc0PU_5NH4l8i6oA7DqSjzoi3RGBEjQAJfuhRxK4LCzMUMTAJpqEfmXn6bdFrDCo06CULOyZbikNSv141vXvpANMmwRd_2mZ_vjXDIkP2LGaBzJjrc3kpASwwcduyy6FBwVmpcnY/s200/d2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562801578407680834" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUTVse79PCULW6094qKeGqvVIxSFr3r8aRz0aEaSKtzp0nf-7VkFM9rsieoHDUth9pRqyltHiAZfyQ0hcXoU25YSjdcODmTEuGb5fttKY25vdI44yIL8cT2GLMuuwX07ff7ato1ZfrkU/s200/c1.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;">The weather was still cold when I came back on Wednesday this last week although it was not so intense - much of the snow had gone. When I looked through the photographs that I had taken here in Helmsdale before Christmas the light had a different quality then than it holds now.<br />In December I had said to Lorna, who works here, that what I loved about winter was the colours and yesterday we spoke again about the clarity of colour when there is snow and ice around. Violets and oranges, greens, blues and reds. Sometimes they are muted when there is mist or rain but when the sun shines and there is ice in the air they sing all around. Sing is the only word I can think of which speaks of the feeling they create- the colours resonate-resembling birdsong at dawn or robins at dusk. </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Now, in January of the New Year, I am back by the River Helmsdale in the morning sun – warm and watching the water pass below the Telford Bridge. Under the arches the icicles have melted and the last of their drops rain down on the stones revealed by the ebbing tide. The resident crows take flight from the clock tower of the war memorial and clamour raucously as they swoop overhead, their wings flashing blue and black against the sky. A solitary heron beats its wings and trails its long legs behind on its way to the harbour.<br />At the harbour everything is quiet and still. I go to the Harbourmaster’s office and ask for tide tables so that I will know which way the water will be flowing – it is not always obvious. He comes downstairs and I mention the silent stillness. He has worked here for years and in that time the harbour has lost the last of its fishing boats because of the quotas imposed on Scottish fishermen by Europe. The restrictions have become tighter and tighter and are strangling the industry. At the moment the British public are taking more notice because of Hugh’s Fish Fight<a href="http://www.fishfight.net/">http://www.fishfight.net/</a>, but how long will the impetus for change provided by celebrity input last? Jamie Oliver’s successes with the quality of school dinners have had the feet cut from under them by the latest chancellor’s spending economies.<br />Food – it concerns us all – not least because most people’s access to it is controlled by big business. Many people wouldn’t recognise an entire cod – still less know what to do with it once they had managed to catch it.<br /></span></div></div></div>Aileen M.Stackhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903090374726630267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-73575076652732682852011-01-09T04:26:00.000-08:002011-01-09T04:38:34.584-08:00Wire Music- only 12 hours left to listen<span style="font-family:arial;">I listened to this programme over the New Year break and thought of the wires stretching over the car park at the clearance village at Badbea which produce an eerie and lost sound that enters the body and emphasises the sense of loneliness around. I decided to learn more and looked at the Allan Lamb website </span><a href="http://wiredlab.org/participants/alan-lamb/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://wiredlab.org/participants/alan-lamb.</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Definite material for thinking about art.</span>Aileen M.Stackhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903090374726630267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-73614126021744545382010-12-22T08:55:00.001-08:002010-12-22T09:36:46.941-08:00Snowbound - Lunar Eclipse at Winter Solstice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1h97AnMm7G3YjGT3sxlC9MxLCasueAqkMvSat8BS0mSYOm9H26rA3LJN44YuGNarnfGXcfj20vKYcKEpBX7IRv2Z5Bhz5ntvlj4DVHuVRzegc4Ir54UTz-s0TWlOXXJ6ggUc8GAr1So/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 57px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1h97AnMm7G3YjGT3sxlC9MxLCasueAqkMvSat8BS0mSYOm9H26rA3LJN44YuGNarnfGXcfj20vKYcKEpBX7IRv2Z5Bhz5ntvlj4DVHuVRzegc4Ir54UTz-s0TWlOXXJ6ggUc8GAr1So/s200/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553560638660565602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7q0Di0jKdX8L3OZbZRoiE8TdjnSMHhzTL-rAAlrAIUwyVgqmir4Hz9cGbcgLvcpte-_frlbt-Xf7SDBDz5yCCsC9ird-7DInODMai36mqP2zayIl0KD2IwKXfhAEA27ruH2jHgCk_srY/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 68px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7q0Di0jKdX8L3OZbZRoiE8TdjnSMHhzTL-rAAlrAIUwyVgqmir4Hz9cGbcgLvcpte-_frlbt-Xf7SDBDz5yCCsC9ird-7DInODMai36mqP2zayIl0KD2IwKXfhAEA27ruH2jHgCk_srY/s200/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553560554561503938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMaxXuSelC_EnMYi0YronyJz1qfRdvXPhoCjYZytYcUnSHlt3tDdeg2BPXTkBiYOGki0b6fVN5viaTTOCQJaxYLurmAktIGTuGP_vatAgui8knVyTkfnRfcgdCYlPhW6Xbdl7CV-MNGE/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMaxXuSelC_EnMYi0YronyJz1qfRdvXPhoCjYZytYcUnSHlt3tDdeg2BPXTkBiYOGki0b6fVN5viaTTOCQJaxYLurmAktIGTuGP_vatAgui8knVyTkfnRfcgdCYlPhW6Xbdl7CV-MNGE/s200/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553560457160196818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoR5uOAEcRooITkfa1Dh_psRxQOcoaW5bh6cvm4iHfeieW_qPxgxBiyloZVkUXZb-jOkrVLAzBU6ZgHJGZmhTRu8xyOScDe9tVgziqYZdJjvNGklsEFnMzWuGsFXVBi1bBASlXtHneuE/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 71px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoR5uOAEcRooITkfa1Dh_psRxQOcoaW5bh6cvm4iHfeieW_qPxgxBiyloZVkUXZb-jOkrVLAzBU6ZgHJGZmhTRu8xyOScDe9tVgziqYZdJjvNGklsEFnMzWuGsFXVBi1bBASlXtHneuE/s200/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553560359559117778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl79FNc78mQaN0yJyutTTP_cbTuUQq4z7gZe3_QBB4Fs0ykmTUQK0pJhVGnedx9mdmAvCa5tiAeTYnsYE-iOJb8YII3jPD7bHQyNRKKfYPj_Z0vWL7jIIwd7RgtT7IqwUdy1pAT_ivCc4/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 81px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl79FNc78mQaN0yJyutTTP_cbTuUQq4z7gZe3_QBB4Fs0ykmTUQK0pJhVGnedx9mdmAvCa5tiAeTYnsYE-iOJb8YII3jPD7bHQyNRKKfYPj_Z0vWL7jIIwd7RgtT7IqwUdy1pAT_ivCc4/s200/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553560230460093730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I am awake at 6.00 and listening to the news. I don't have to get up yet, I can stay cosy for a while. Then I hear the newsreader say that today's total Lunar Eclipse of the Full Moon at 7.40 am will be the first one to occur at the Winter Solstice for about 400 years. I have to get up . . .<span style="font-weight: bold;">now</span>. How did I not know about this? It wasn't on the news yesterday or if it was I missed it. I don't have my camera so I will </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >paint draw</span><span style="font-family:arial;">, I have been watching the moon with regard to this residency at Helmsdale for almost 18 months now and I need to use colour because the more I watch the more colours I see. The colours flicker and change almost constantly - I know this is in response to the tiny movements that the eye makes and identifying the shifts is fascinating</span>. So-<span style="font-family:arial;"> not having the camera is good. It means the image in my memory will not be static. By the time I'm sorted at 6.30 and looking out of the upstairs window to the North-West the eclipse has started - a faint blurring at the left hand side of this huge full moon which has been so bright for the last few days. It's brilliance reflected back by the thick blanket of white snow and ice all around.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">I listen to the radio while I watch and hear </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9307000/9307874.stm">Dr David Whitehouse</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> talk about the moon - the solstice will be 15 hours after the eclipse he says and adds that when the Earth's shadow passes across the moon's face then some people will see it as red. This is because only light waves can bend around the earth reach the moon and they are primarily red. The moon reaches the horizon of the hill behind me so I do not see the Earth's red shadow moving away again.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">I go downstairs and I make my porridge - happy that I did not miss <span style="font-style: italic;">this</span> moon</span>.Aileen M.Stackhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903090374726630267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-63001566708137756792010-12-16T01:12:00.001-08:002010-12-16T01:41:55.563-08:00Artist (Not Quite) in ResidenceAlthough not quite in residence, I've been in Lybster for a 6 week mixed-media residency at <a href="http://www.northlandsglass.com/">North Lands Creative Glass</a> and couldn't resist a few Helmsdale visits and even an undercover test project with <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/14791689">Rocio Jungenfeld,</a> about more of which later. Helmsdale is in my heart, in both a romantic and a Twin Peaks kind of a way. I shot a lot of film and thought you may like to see three images from my Double Exposure project with <a href="http://emilyworkman.carbonmade.com/">Emily Workman</a> - a single roll of positive transparency slide film is exposed by each of us in different countries. These were shot in Caithness and in South Wales; we hope to exhibit them next year sometime. I'll be back in January so see you all very soon and have a wonderful Christmas!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYngsD4mxJdgYGRQPD_WBsSQDH3Fz1UnHuKXAdH8xI0xR-TVwSVyJrkzEvYYVhcW2jBQxxUXHa7wrrV0cpuZ4uNX-o5h5Coun8YCrkKANQ13LtSkawSdv6fxp3Tzb_Ke14iTsyEp78mIK/s1600/Untitled-5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYngsD4mxJdgYGRQPD_WBsSQDH3Fz1UnHuKXAdH8xI0xR-TVwSVyJrkzEvYYVhcW2jBQxxUXHa7wrrV0cpuZ4uNX-o5h5Coun8YCrkKANQ13LtSkawSdv6fxp3Tzb_Ke14iTsyEp78mIK/s400/Untitled-5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551211217314432578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBr_iOUYLwSsVZivtGNIyF61-lmcBvGuhMHzlRo8E7RD2IRDUJFKclDOsrKTTZ4yYb2Sp7konINJSgWZGqWUrOkMHGIv6bi30e2MllObNg2GWvqwEZTjJLpYHaTIjmB42n5q-Ou0zayMzG/s1600/Untitled-12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBr_iOUYLwSsVZivtGNIyF61-lmcBvGuhMHzlRo8E7RD2IRDUJFKclDOsrKTTZ4yYb2Sp7konINJSgWZGqWUrOkMHGIv6bi30e2MllObNg2GWvqwEZTjJLpYHaTIjmB42n5q-Ou0zayMzG/s400/Untitled-12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551211205363888146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqQcnWguP5k7Bm7GuoBBBjyBZ3AUc1V8bfGuMdfgkrpXUVISMIj7pPptQcPwgnLBVAq-eZP79HvUsUpReuvQCNGoLKP6ItoA8xe5DtSLBCNKF_Bn-utDEPG-tTwlccVh7Ojhc-wFgYuVO/s1600/Untitled-17-1+%2528dragged%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqQcnWguP5k7Bm7GuoBBBjyBZ3AUc1V8bfGuMdfgkrpXUVISMIj7pPptQcPwgnLBVAq-eZP79HvUsUpReuvQCNGoLKP6ItoA8xe5DtSLBCNKF_Bn-utDEPG-tTwlccVh7Ojhc-wFgYuVO/s400/Untitled-17-1+%2528dragged%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551211202780191202" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-815981982695261952010-11-16T13:54:00.000-08:002010-11-16T14:02:53.914-08:00Field Studies Review<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSmC6UMiWZ8kao5R__q0UWbmqYFI8x1ryl2OJYQFH5Y5VDx4cwTRB8cD9BKitKL2ExZYWpPLI8tv5Y1ysIrw8JerEa7yqHmzGzJYz0SGrKQSA3Pnf_JEU2jIS4JE7drsABycIGgLrRSE/s1600/Field-Studies-426x640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSmC6UMiWZ8kao5R__q0UWbmqYFI8x1ryl2OJYQFH5Y5VDx4cwTRB8cD9BKitKL2ExZYWpPLI8tv5Y1ysIrw8JerEa7yqHmzGzJYz0SGrKQSA3Pnf_JEU2jIS4JE7drsABycIGgLrRSE/s320/Field-Studies-426x640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540271063289572978" /></a><br />Review of Field Studies exhibition written by Giles Sutherland - art critic for The Times - is available now on the Northings site. '<span style="font-style:italic;">Part of Roberts success therefore must centre on her ability to encourage those who have deemed themselves ‘uncreative’ or ‘not artists’ to create work with depth, meaning and integrity.</span>'<br /><br /><a href="http://northings.com/2010/11/16/field-studies/">http://northings.com/2010/11/16/field-studies/</a>Timespanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05557632544805330611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-81835281778187318562010-11-03T02:21:00.000-07:002010-11-03T02:41:10.034-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVjHb-7J6BqGMhZd0YnndNN0ygxwqffGI-7E7c6SIO0ISJPTPD0NtxLMgDkoUQ-dUgJKKWAPZiKFSxExHG1JUrfVMF4EaNid7uq1OH6KTiA_Iw6U5iio2FRtyRLGbX4yX_Deojo3ucF3q/s320/DSCN2622.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535252746922480850" /></div>One of the final parts of the Field Studies project was to do a visit to the Pier Arts Centre, Stomness, an opportunity to compare and contrast. What a visit this was! 22 people got up at the crack of dawn to take the ferry and be part of a fascinating insight into the Pier Arts. We had people from the Board, the Arts and Heritage Committees, the Staff, the Knitting Group and Volunteers. It was a thought provoking trip, at the end of what has been a thought provoking project.<div>But of course it has to be fun, so the ferry trip home had a Field Studies Quiz! Here is one of the joint winners beavering away.....<br /><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5WgRJiWdnMhjGG45zRslv8iO0pOwRQZeM0tKJUmKIjhO9SRzXPNL1MR-DYXNXCkB2G896Zm5AIKfsNYpjZVeds6KexecH7v3PsdhyoNvRC1GE09Kbuj4OcXQokcXhzrLZZx4scaiMExB/s320/DSCN2627.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535253861046886002" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-84857185111311199662010-10-27T04:15:00.000-07:002010-10-27T04:15:59.496-07:00baffie is now OPEN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5_l_JkE7s2w/TMgJY0yUytI/AAAAAAAAAfw/PWRx1d0sEoQ/s1600/JuliaDouglas-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5_l_JkE7s2w/TMgJY0yUytI/AAAAAAAAAfw/PWRx1d0sEoQ/s320/JuliaDouglas-2.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Just thought I'd pop back for a visit to tell you that the online shop I spoke about when I was doing my residency in Timespan is now OPEN!<br />
<a href="http://baffie.co.uk/">baffie.co.uk</a> sells unique gifts for domestic bliss.<br />
Also included is the lovely wee coffee table book published by Timespan, which describes what it would have been like to live in a croft house near Helmsdale in the 1800s as well as a bit about my artworks made for 'Close-Knit' and the people I worked with on the project. To find out more please <a href="http://baffie.co.uk/shop/close-knit-publication">click here</a>.<br />
I'm so excited by my new venture, hope it tickles you too!<br />
Cheers<br />
JuliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-2072063962747625992010-10-21T07:57:00.000-07:002010-10-21T08:28:25.726-07:00<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UspFWiB694nuSRZIuyau_lmoZwR3EBgj3wv1KTJIIzYde4YVSQ_hrhHfulM36xgAiph8huaVTcNf-Wopwr8G2nnEqdtbfHdxXyuehTLJNqdymt9tmJFUDYAneN7X2_GjdE-SYmVHFiQS/s1600/IMG_0152.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UspFWiB694nuSRZIuyau_lmoZwR3EBgj3wv1KTJIIzYde4YVSQ_hrhHfulM36xgAiph8huaVTcNf-Wopwr8G2nnEqdtbfHdxXyuehTLJNqdymt9tmJFUDYAneN7X2_GjdE-SYmVHFiQS/s320/IMG_0152.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530514176630099330" /></a>I had to smile when I saw this photo taken at the Preview of the Field Studies exhibition, who would have thought that a small, cardboard box would create such interest! The youngest contributor was a 20 month old, and the oldest 99 years old. There are 97 boxes to look through, which by my (rough) calculations is 0.8% of the population of Sutherland. A stunning result for what has been a stunning project. I'll post more images of the exhibition soon, including my pencil wall drawings. We're now preparing to take Timespan on mass for a developmental day to The Pier Arts Centre in Stromness. Fingers crossed for a calm crossing.Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-72538818613935228652010-10-13T00:44:00.000-07:002010-10-13T01:04:06.433-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht76sHphR7sEa1f1dgXZir52NeKVWrGN7UqDi81iUbB5yHhv-YhWn1a_h-5da1KXDs4pAuxLc8veGZwhlLnrltJZV6DfbNEvclTPrCTXUZ9Ro18dLnHEA2P8N1j9UBX_tHVET9Hckgrz4h/s1600/IMG_0116.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht76sHphR7sEa1f1dgXZir52NeKVWrGN7UqDi81iUbB5yHhv-YhWn1a_h-5da1KXDs4pAuxLc8veGZwhlLnrltJZV6DfbNEvclTPrCTXUZ9Ro18dLnHEA2P8N1j9UBX_tHVET9Hckgrz4h/s320/IMG_0116.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527434284240248050" /></a>I have so fallen in love with this part of the world that I even went and viewed a house! This notice was pinned to one of the doors; for me, the sentiment is spot on. We are just about to start installation of the Field Studies exhibition, which means me doing lots of drawing on the walls, and I know its going to be as the notice says, so lots of coffee will be needed. Also, this whole project has been about developing Timespan's relationship with Contemporary Art, and again, I think the notice says it all. As participants bring back <i>the</i> most amazing boxes filled with creativity, what we can be sure of is that this exploration of Contemporary Art is certainly worth doing.Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-84231445795424691882010-10-11T01:50:00.000-07:002010-10-11T02:03:08.712-07:00<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfg0a5f8W-Xcut6AVQRdiK3fMDcWEeDQ-9EXYNboRQ7q86ry6-hHtNJScSPqPq9ACiTGtae3SZRBtsJ0h0n6neyeK5ti1ySYXAaJjH51jXVA-GpNveR1cO3CCd7zaNb_iTa5S1IqyBV9B/s1600/IMG_0125.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfg0a5f8W-Xcut6AVQRdiK3fMDcWEeDQ-9EXYNboRQ7q86ry6-hHtNJScSPqPq9ACiTGtae3SZRBtsJ0h0n6neyeK5ti1ySYXAaJjH51jXVA-GpNveR1cO3CCd7zaNb_iTa5S1IqyBV9B/s320/IMG_0125.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526709066468841554" /></a>So now we are at the stage that I call 'deliciously terrifying'! Will the participants bring their boxes back in time for the exhibition? I'm delighted to say that they are. Here I am in Skerray, where we had a stunning day with people delivering their boxes, collecting boxes, talking boxes and drinking tea whilst exploring boxes. We're outside, what is in my humble opinion, the bestest little Post Office and shop in the world. This day was the day the Field Studies project really came to fruition. Loved it!Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-57665254934669180502010-10-07T01:19:00.000-07:002010-10-07T01:25:16.728-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilgOhcy_HJ6LtOBqxAEPErH8QeZfiPmqbGdvbd1RkDQIhZLvBH9HI0LZeAROVdj65Y3Y18nmkwuyXROcb5owltEMQUa39k_sj588zuBEmY1K-VqF2fKD0IaqJu1lsV9xUUm6IB28zfk2QC/s1600/IMG_0067.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilgOhcy_HJ6LtOBqxAEPErH8QeZfiPmqbGdvbd1RkDQIhZLvBH9HI0LZeAROVdj65Y3Y18nmkwuyXROcb5owltEMQUa39k_sj588zuBEmY1K-VqF2fKD0IaqJu1lsV9xUUm6IB28zfk2QC/s320/IMG_0067.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525216214697462482" /></a>We have been working at a very special place - Kinbrace Primary School - where the staff and pupils have embraced the Field Studies project. This is a great poster describing our first visit. The children are really excited about visiting Timespan to see their boxes as part of the exhibition. We are now at the stage of seeing just how many of the boxes that we have given out are going to make their way back......!Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-9701805155391969572010-09-29T00:49:00.000-07:002010-09-29T01:00:13.986-07:00<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNX7QJ_ChG8C7_YvRt93Pz9-uDfrUQlXdhHlkRwMjcDXjAmzpdxqplIkGxzrMXqLr8AzJS9aY0ctTJgLxbBX_iDUFnnJqDQg7UgyHFAi5flwKQWYPbjAVU8XFj8-kG_KK39yhbvVUnmBJ9/s320/IMG_0042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522239726238178530" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeewt1FO_gcWvrnRlKU0yT9xDktGVTmmTUUtbTPPDDx2wKMHNdjTuDiFAJGQOZltPFR_ZTQF6EtL4lZTiSwrmIilY0XqqfJaMdBE05Dc3T6AuE29Cha7PISIhGw56mYdVs7-QcOXIDdV4i/s1600/IMG_0005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeewt1FO_gcWvrnRlKU0yT9xDktGVTmmTUUtbTPPDDx2wKMHNdjTuDiFAJGQOZltPFR_ZTQF6EtL4lZTiSwrmIilY0XqqfJaMdBE05Dc3T6AuE29Cha7PISIhGw56mYdVs7-QcOXIDdV4i/s320/IMG_0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522240816413838610" /></a><br />Exciting times! My Field Trip box is the inspiration for a major part of the Field Studies project. The idea is that participants have their own Field Trip box, to fill how they like. These will then be shown in the exhibition, displaying a creative geology of Northern Scotland. Members of the Timespan organisation - the Board, Committee members, staff and volunteers - and various communities that we have been working with, are seen collecting their boxes.Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-51481751953866536372010-09-24T07:07:00.000-07:002010-09-24T07:16:53.542-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfYgQAH5ZW2LUZMFa90kGTkQOiO_IAYztW5vG7xIPq41QWW8DixWkc8iA89nbZ5eRmMWSd2dWo9TLT895wgLnfAU_uoTv6Yii6Oxc1t1OHZMfbrljkrHDgj4EOu6_y9sQym3ftJnwxAdS/s1600/Box2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520481844729918130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfYgQAH5ZW2LUZMFa90kGTkQOiO_IAYztW5vG7xIPq41QWW8DixWkc8iA89nbZ5eRmMWSd2dWo9TLT895wgLnfAU_uoTv6Yii6Oxc1t1OHZMfbrljkrHDgj4EOu6_y9sQym3ftJnwxAdS/s320/Box2.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviFyIbuEABnTLuqjKI1MnpDq24a_vTC5ZUWBRSHkSlVX1-KNj3hyphenhyphen_odUPPll0IpT-Iwti-t7_cNOMyRZDGdmzJj00bRKTu9l3bO0fPG97Bc-TQyO_CvbZTWtSuUyX97bRpxvt6-2kcY01/s1600/Box.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520481671335857314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviFyIbuEABnTLuqjKI1MnpDq24a_vTC5ZUWBRSHkSlVX1-KNj3hyphenhyphen_odUPPll0IpT-Iwti-t7_cNOMyRZDGdmzJj00bRKTu9l3bO0fPG97Bc-TQyO_CvbZTWtSuUyX97bRpxvt6-2kcY01/s320/Box.JPG" /></a> So just as Peach went out 'in the field', I did. Recording by drawing, notes and collecting stones. All the work then came together in this little field trip box I made. It then became my proposal for my project, 'Field Studies'. It consists of 20 pages, which include research and how I want to conduct the project. This little box has now been shown to many people and has prompted lots of great discussions - amazing what a bit of cardboard and masking tape can do.<br /><br /><div></div></div>Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-20737678184429740962010-09-20T02:06:00.000-07:002010-09-20T02:11:39.542-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHsZRc9JGHH7apduNORjybGPQTb5GxPUpvSCAIHiVGsWHpWUM1nd2eGFFDZrRJM9p6sRShMN90s19y68XujW2PqD-ODD22uVdAJi_a6put4CG_VsY7F7Ay9t4FQlLVlkKEgywRX0raM_U/s1600/hotel.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518919738050414850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHsZRc9JGHH7apduNORjybGPQTb5GxPUpvSCAIHiVGsWHpWUM1nd2eGFFDZrRJM9p6sRShMN90s19y68XujW2PqD-ODD22uVdAJi_a6put4CG_VsY7F7Ay9t4FQlLVlkKEgywRX0raM_U/s320/hotel.JPG" /></a> The trip to this hotel in Assynt just had to be done. Through my research the geologists Peach and Horne had become very important to me, particularly Peach who worked in a very similar manner to an artist. There is a very famous photo of them sitting outside this hotel, whilst doing their ground breaking research of the area.<br /><div></div>Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-5617795812987117652010-09-18T03:32:00.000-07:002010-09-18T03:40:12.228-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETCzUn4DxB8OwbE8oASHQFyoL_qbhbZkX7D6R2-JS-iB6MRwj5QyM017l-BMERy4Z0DfKSEhGjgf_BLQharJBCIeX-R99l2XNuqBk2hgKNcmFY3P2VhvDXq9lP63jbNLOsrEUmK8aMFD8/s1600/Fuel.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518199601838538578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETCzUn4DxB8OwbE8oASHQFyoL_qbhbZkX7D6R2-JS-iB6MRwj5QyM017l-BMERy4Z0DfKSEhGjgf_BLQharJBCIeX-R99l2XNuqBk2hgKNcmFY3P2VhvDXq9lP63jbNLOsrEUmK8aMFD8/s320/Fuel.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Journeying is central to my practice, making maps of those travels, and I avivdly collect old maps and travel guides. In Blacks 1910 Guide Book of Scotland it has tips for 'Autobilism' i.e. driving cars, and advises "that it is when touring in the extreme north that the necessity chiefly exists for timing ones supplies." As the photo shows, 100 years later the situation is very similar. In journeying around 'the extreme north' it has taken me time to adjust to this 'timing', it is one of the things that makes here so very special.</div>Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-26211331643999530642010-09-16T02:47:00.000-07:002010-09-16T02:52:29.473-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwLg7Gk0_gSW7zMU_X_biGWBECWs3S3NHO1Qskg8E-J5XiEUKXqrVwJ2tuiklb-97Fgoz2dqWjFdgVvKdjhHqjGSMswSdpKae8NsDiP1iG83alww5IMOwQvCy2vRdEw9bZkb87ONIrL1C/s1600/Dig.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517445990144982450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwLg7Gk0_gSW7zMU_X_biGWBECWs3S3NHO1Qskg8E-J5XiEUKXqrVwJ2tuiklb-97Fgoz2dqWjFdgVvKdjhHqjGSMswSdpKae8NsDiP1iG83alww5IMOwQvCy2vRdEw9bZkb87ONIrL1C/s320/Dig.JPG" /></a> You may have noticed that all my images have rocks in them, and that is where my research has taken me, to what is under our feet, the geologists Peach and Horne have been my inspiration. As was this, what was being exposed on a dig on Orkney - fasincating what is below us, hidden, but influencing that lie of the land.Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285084080912627724.post-77653526242917146072010-09-14T06:38:00.000-07:002010-09-14T06:44:56.710-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdc60RY3uF1pZ7v5BUFQegZftVCK_yzh4OHuRRn_rH7Php7t8jiM_RR4Bg5iJhjf29iXYMzcRxMDTlUaFbRikPBoClr1l7dXbAWGlesqNc888dCVTMPQJrGFA5Vmk1jeNRUUHkOYv12eL/s1600/DSCN2478.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516764616808637330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdc60RY3uF1pZ7v5BUFQegZftVCK_yzh4OHuRRn_rH7Php7t8jiM_RR4Bg5iJhjf29iXYMzcRxMDTlUaFbRikPBoClr1l7dXbAWGlesqNc888dCVTMPQJrGFA5Vmk1jeNRUUHkOYv12eL/s320/DSCN2478.JPG" /></a><br /><div>As Jean shows me it's all about understanding the lie of the land, knowing how to 'read' the stones. To me a pile of rocks, but actually they signify something far more important. It's all a case of knowing what you 'see' - very similar to contemporary art. Rocks keep cropping up in my research....</div>Jo Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09261697853236102752noreply@blogger.com0