Conversations and Creative Writing: A Workshop Around the Energy Transition
I attended this wonderful workshop at the Shetland Library on 10 December 2022. It was organised by Cato Draaisma who is a postgraduate...
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Landscape in Pain
- Aug 3, 2022
Peat landslide at Viking Energy Wind Farm
In July there was a new peat landslide on the Viking Energy Wind Farm construction site along a section of cable trench at the Mid Kame...
- Jul 29, 2022
The Common Wealth of Wind in Shetland
I take the title of this Blog entry from James Marriott's Blog, 'Cambo and Viking Energy: The Common Wealth of Wind in Shetland', which...
- Nov 21, 2021
Learning from Arctic Russia
Recently I participated in the annual Relate North 2021 Symposium, Everyday Extremes, hosted by Tomsk State University. I love these...
- Nov 21, 2021
Viking Energy is in effect an offshore wind farm
There is so much interesting material in this piece, The Shetland Islands: Renewables and Corporate Interests, published by the Renewable...
- Nov 7, 2021
Relate North: Everyday Extremes
I'm looking forward to this annual event which will be the ninth symposium in the annual series of symposia and research exhibitions...
- Sep 12, 2021
20,000 Volts Under the Sea
I like Mark Hodgson's writing very much. In this piece he looks at the subsea cable that is necessary for the Viking Energy Wind Farm to...
- Aug 15, 2021
Solastalgia
I've been reading about solastalgia because it seems to identify the pain that many in Shetland feel in response to the Viking Energy...
- Aug 10, 2021
Vulnerable Thoughts in Peripheral Places
I was in dialogue with Dorothea Rust for the exhibition Hidden Flowers Bloom Beautifully which has enriched, guided and inspired...
- Aug 10, 2021
Installation Photos of Hidden Flowers Bloom Beautifully
I am so pleased to have been able to visit the Shetland version of the exhibition. We didn't have a private view, unlike in Switzerland...
- Aug 9, 2021
Timely Reminder of Scale
I am reminded of the series of images that I think Mike Finnie prepared a fairly long time ago that show the relative height of the wind...
- Aug 3, 2021
Exhibitions are open!
Hidden Flowers Bloom Most Beautifully is open in Shetland and Switzerland. In each exhibition I have a film, selection of digital prints...
- Jul 13, 2021
Landscapes of Mutability
The online exhibition is now live! You can see it here. The exhibition is part of a research project at the University of Glasgow. On...
- Jul 9, 2021
An outside perspective on the Viking Energy Wind Farm
I am not sure if this is the place where I should share interesting articles about Wind Farms. I am planning to create a Resources page...
- Jul 9, 2021
Arrived in Switzerland!
I'm delighted and relieved to find out today that my contribution to the Special Edition publication for Hidden Flowers Bloom Beautiful...
- Jul 8, 2021
Who are the artists in dialogue for Hidden Flowers Bloom Beautifully?
I want to credit the artists and organisers of the exhibition Hidden flowers bloom beautiful because we are getting nearer to the final...
- Jul 3, 2021
Off to Switzerland!
Yesterday I posted a box of cards made of this image to Switzerland for the Special Edition of work by artists in the exhibition Hidden...
- Jun 29, 2021
Getting Started
The Invitation to take part in Landscapes of Mutability marks the starting point for #LandscapeInPain. It's only early stages of the...
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