ENERGISE-'I'LL BE'
Image credit Colin Tennant
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Image credit Colin Tennant
A six-month commission with Upland Arts Development CIC to undertake a period of research, development, engagement and production looking at the history and legacy of the Galloway hydroelectric scheme and ideas and attitudes surrounding renewable energy and issues of climate change. Exploring them at a local level and placing them in a global context.
The final work evolved as an installation. This was informed by the materials, structures and colours of the Dumfries and Galloway Hydro Schemes and the processes of their construction. The scale of the work evolved through imagining the population of Dumfries and Galloway and the annual power output of the Hydro Schemes as a volume.
Underpinning and informing the work was the participation. This accounted for the majority of the residency activity and from it the project evolved. Working with a wide range of participants we made multiple aluminium plaques. The patterns for the plaques were designed and made by the participants in response to the question ‘what would you like to see in the next 12 years?’ This question was informed by the United Nations Climate Science Body; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change who has said we have 12 years to make massive and unprecedented changes to global energy infrastructure to limit global warming to moderate levels. Each plaque was intended to be approximately the size of a smart phone and within the context of the final exhibition represented the annual power usage of an average Scottish household.
See below diagram for further explanation. for more information on the overall project visit: www.weareupland.com/projects/energise
The final work evolved as an installation. This was informed by the materials, structures and colours of the Dumfries and Galloway Hydro Schemes and the processes of their construction. The scale of the work evolved through imagining the population of Dumfries and Galloway and the annual power output of the Hydro Schemes as a volume.
Underpinning and informing the work was the participation. This accounted for the majority of the residency activity and from it the project evolved. Working with a wide range of participants we made multiple aluminium plaques. The patterns for the plaques were designed and made by the participants in response to the question ‘what would you like to see in the next 12 years?’ This question was informed by the United Nations Climate Science Body; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change who has said we have 12 years to make massive and unprecedented changes to global energy infrastructure to limit global warming to moderate levels. Each plaque was intended to be approximately the size of a smart phone and within the context of the final exhibition represented the annual power usage of an average Scottish household.
See below diagram for further explanation. for more information on the overall project visit: www.weareupland.com/projects/energise