Jonathan Hemelberg AIR 2014

Bandanna Associations

I spent my time in Outlandia exploring the rich landscape and reflecting upon my own relationship to it. I continued a vein of work that has drawn inspiration from the Scottish-American naturalist, John Muir. He spent his early years out in natural spaces and wrote a great deal about his experiences. As a result, he became one of the US’s earliest environmental advocates and preservationists. In the spirit of John Muir, I have chosen to use his words in my work and draw inspiration from his process and passion. I have worked on a series of writings that are joined together with images from the natural spaces surrounding Outlandia.

Jonathan Hemelberg (USA. BFA Painting and Drawing and MFA student)
Art, Space and Nature (Edinburgh College of Art)

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Javier Vidal Aguilera AIR 2014

Space Strata

During my residency period, I developed a series of ephemeral interventions in the forest. I built on concepts related to my previous body of work and my interest in the different elements that configure the inception of man-made architectural space.

The visual perception and even the acoustics of the forest are altered in a simple intervention that addresses the space available between trees. I worked in three different locations in Glen Nevis forest.

Javier Vidal Aguilera (Spain. Architect and MFA student)

Art, Space and Nature (Edinburgh College of Art)

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Sara Ocklind AIR 2014

MIST

I used the residence in Outlandia to investigate my interest in mist and atmosphere.  The surroundings and many of the walks gave me a a lot inspiration and knowledge for future artprojects.

Sara Ocklind (Sweden. BArch and MFA student)

Art, Space and Nature (Edinburgh College of Art)

www.saraocklind.com

Alec Finlay AIR 2013

noisiv | vision : from the road north

Outlandia (photo Luke Allan)

This sequence is composed from field-notes on the culture of viewing, remnants from a book-length poem that records a journey through Scotland, guided by Basho’s Oku-no-hosomichi, pairing Basho's temples with Neolithic sites, or contemporary temenos. Our journey, from Edo-Edinburgh to a view of Sado-St Kilda, guided us toward an understanding of viewing, from chambered cairns, most notably Bharpa Langais, North Uist, through folly viewing points, to contemporary secular constructions. The visits are detailed in the posts on the road north blog. Although we decided that this material did not, finally, belong in that journey narrative, I have preserved it here, as it bears on my ongoing research into shelters, huts, viewing platforms, follies and comparable constructions made, or proposed, by contemporary poets, architects, and artists.

Alec Finlay

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