An exploration of sculpture’s relationship to landscape and the body as viewed through the lens of the artist-traveler.


Our workshop will examine the notion of travel through such examples as Baudelaire’s flâneur, the Situationists’ theory of Psychogeography, and artists ranging from Robert Smithson and Richard Long, to Francis Alys and Olaf Breuning. We will conduct a series of exercises, expeditions, and missions including the creation of livable shelter-sculptures to inhabit on a weekend camping trip in the Scottish Highlands. Bedouin tents, arctic research stations, camper vans, Hoovervilles, hunting blinds, and interplanetary spacecraft serve as our inspirational points of departure...


Participants:

Matt King (Instructor), Andrew Cobb, Zoe Golden, Rebecca Henderson, Elise Isom, Mitchell Petersen, Cameron Robinson, Andrew Schmidt, Emily Stokes


The Glasgow Artists and Writers Workshop

Virginia Commonwealth University

Glasgow, Scotland, June 22nd - July 23rd, 2010

Friday, July 2, 2010

ok so apparently i posted a fishing lure and not an actual bug. im dumb. Anyways, we got the skeletons of our tents basically done, so now were gonna build the actual fabric walls i guess. thats gonna be hard, especially cuz i dunno how to sow. Matt taught me but I still dont really get it.

We took a bus to a hill out in the countryside today and got a feel for how the hiking is going to be. Scotland is reaaaaal hilly, im excited!

this is promising:

Midge- The Ceratopogonidae (biting midges) are serious biting pests, and can spread the livestock diseases Blue Tongue and African Horse Sickness
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