from The Bothy Project |
The Year of Natural Scotland, an initiative led by the Scottish government, connects the country’s natural diversity and its artistic life. Their economic incentive is to develop tourism and the events industries. The means to do this include 14 arts projects across every region of
The projects, supported by Creative Scotland and Scottish
Natural Heritage, will share £500,000 to create events, poetry, walks, films and installations that combine the country’s natural and cultural life.
An outline of the projects shows their geographic and
artistic diversity. The longer list of organisations, groups and communities
that are collaborating on each project shows the social reach of this economic
programme.
The projects:
NVA presents Island Drift, a lighting and photographic
project on the islands of Loch Lomond.
Sense Scotland, working with children and adults with complex sensory impairments, will take groups into remote areas near Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow to work with artists to create sensory artworks based on their experiences of the landscape.
Wide Open and Crichton Carbon Centre, Spring Fling and the
Stove will present an International Environmental Arts Festival based on themes
of land and energy.
Walking a Line by Dunbar North Light Arts is a year-long
site-specific project of walking, marking and recording in the environment.
Sound Out@Seven Lochs will compose music and soundscapes for
a new planned wetland park near Glasgow.
Smallpetitklein Dance Company will present an outdoor event
with professional and non-professional dancers around the Tentsmuir Nature
Reserve.
Tabula Rasa Dance Company will bring together artists, environmentalists
and people working on the River Tweed.
Tiny Geographies, by composer and television director ChrisDooks, will gather local stories and music for festivals in Aberdeenshire and
Deeside.
For Natural Bennachie, three artists will work with
scientists to celebrate the heritage of this north-eastern landmark.
My Place in the Natural World will involve young people in Aberdeen and
creative digital media.
The Highland Print Studio and Cape Farewell will deliver the exhibition Sexy Peat celebrating
the Lewis blanket bog.
Composers Inge Thomson and Lise Sinclair will create Da
Fishing Hands, a project featuring song about Fair
Isle ’s fishing grounds and their changing and sustainable use.
Sweeny's Bothy / Bothan Shuibhne is an off-grid retreat for artists, writers and the public, involving events, walks, residencies reflecting on wild nature and contemporary culture.
In addition to these projects, in the Autumn, the Year of Natural Scotland will host a major conference, 'Reading the Landscape' exploring the representation, mis-representation, imagining and re-imagining of nature in Scotland.
Sweeny's Bothy / Bothan Shuibhne is an off-grid retreat for artists, writers and the public, involving events, walks, residencies reflecting on wild nature and contemporary culture.
In addition to these projects, in the Autumn, the Year of Natural Scotland will host a major conference, 'Reading the Landscape' exploring the representation, mis-representation, imagining and re-imagining of nature in Scotland.