REMOTE
New Media Scotland
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
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 will exhibit 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.
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, presents 'Ground Truth' - an on-line Geographical
Information System of data, collected by a remote roving platform that
records images and sound, overlaid on an extraordinary 3-D contour map
of the Cairngorms offering sentimental personal discoveries.
Following the exhibition, the works can be experienced as part of HOST,
New Media Scotland's online project space at http://host.mediascot.org
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).
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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REMOTE Forum
exploring the geography of new media culture
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11am-4pm, Monday 18 November 2002, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Tickets £10 / £5 concessions. Lunch and refreshments provided.
Pre-booking essential. Please contact The Fruitmarket Gallery on tel:
0131 225 2383 or email: educ...@fruitmarket.co.uk
A one-day forum, gathering together leading media academics and writers
Lev Manovich and Sean Cubitt as well as REMOTE artists Thomson &
Craighead,
r a d i o q u a l i a, Simon Fildes and Katrina McPherson, and Cavan
Convery. Chaired by Sarah Cook and Chris Byrne, the presentations and
discussions will question popular notions of urban monopoly on new
technologies, and the construct of 'rural' as being 'remote.'
Further information at http://www.mediascot.org
REMOTE Forum is a collaboration between New Media Scotland and The
Fruitmarket Gallery. Curated by Iliyana Nedkova and supported by the
Scottish Arts Council; University of Waikato, New Zealand; Moray,
Badenoch & Strathspey Enterprise; Institute of Contemporary Art, London;
Dalwhinnie Distillery.
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