Artist statement
Our collaborative practice involves working on site specific projects. We find ourselves naturally drawn to spaces that are not generally used for art installations or exhibitions,and which evoke a strong response. Our combined individual responses to a space and to materials determine our next step in a gradual progression of intuitive responses and research. Increasingly we invite other people with diverse skills to collaborate with us. The project names - New Strains - Path[ways] - Shift - Gift / Gave - make subtle connections with our working practice as it develops. The work is open to individual interpretation and to date it has been temporary, broken up at the end of its alloted time. Our practice addresses current concerns about the accessibility of art, by presenting work in non-gallery spaces.
Qualifications and training
- 1999 MFA, Duncan of Jordanstone College, Dundee
- 1998 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
Curated projects
- 2008 SSA/Stavanger Capital of Culture 2008 North Sea Project, Attic Salt, Thistle Street North East Lane, Edinburgh
- 2007 SURVEY - contemporary sculpture from Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Royal Scotish Academy, Edinburgh
Residencies
- 2007 Stavanger 2008 North Sea Project, Sand, Norway (more info)
- 2006 Sculpture Space, Utica, New York, USA
- 2006 2 month residency, Sculpture Space, Utica, New York, USA
- 1999 The John Kinross Scholarship, The Royal Scottish Academy, Florence
Projects
- 2007 Gift / Gave, - an installation responding to our two month residency in Sand, Norway in connection with Stavanger 2008 City of Culture, Norway
- 2006 Homeland - an installation responding to our 2 month residency, Sculpture Space, Utica, New York, USA
- 2005 Shift - a site specific installation in the house and grounds of an historic property, Newhailes (National Trust for Scotland), Musselburgh, East Lothian (more info)
- 2004 Path[ways] - a site specific installation in a historic house, Culross Palace (The National Trust for Scotland), Culross, Fife
- 2003 New Strains - a site specific installation in a Victorian greenhouse, City of Edinburgh Council, Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh
