Archive Projects
Ragadawn (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, 57.5º T) | Caroline Bergvall
Ragadawn is a sunrise vocal performance to be performed outdoors from the last hours of night until the very early morning. A multisensory composition for two voices (spoken and sung), multiple languages and electronic frequencies to accompany and celebrate the rising of day.
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ATLAS Arts & WASPS Joint Residency | Martin Campbell
ATLAS Arts and WASPS Artists Studios collaborated to offer a six-week residency to Martin Campbell at The Admiral’s House, in the Isle of Skye, marking the opening of the new addition to WASPS’ portfolio of artist studios across Scotland. The Admirals House is a former black house donated to WASPS by the…
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Contemporary Memorial // Staffin Community Trust
ATLAS Arts is working with the Staffin Community Trust (Urras An Taobh Sear) to produce a series of pilot commissions with a view to creating a contemporary memorial to acknowledge the nineteenth-century crofters’ land struggle in the Staffin area. A central aim of the commissions is for the artists to contribute to the awareness and understanding of the local community of the potentially positive impacts and benefits of a commissioned public artwork/contemporary memorial.
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Ceumannan // Footsteps | Anne Martin and Jason Singh
Ceumann // Footsteps brings together contemporary sound artist Jason Singh with Skye-based Gaelic musician Anne Martin in an intercultural exchange exploring the artists’ personal biographies. Drawing from parallels in the landscapes, storytelling of the Isle of Skye and Northern India and the complementary harmonic traditions of Gaelic and Indian Raga they co-created new musical compositions.
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Open Call for Artists // Crofters’ Memorial
APPLICATION PROCESS CLOSED. Applications invited from artists interested in exploring and developing a contemporary memorial to acknowledge the crofters’ uprising in Staffin, Isle of Skye, in the 1880s. We are seeking artists who will challenge existing perceptions of what a memorial to a historical event can be and demonstrate imagination, boldness, and sensitivity.
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Dualachas Chroitearachd Cairt-Chluiche | Cultural Crofting Playing Cards
ATLAS has worked with artist Sharon Quigley and graphic designer Andy Fielding to develop a set of playing cards that explore the interconnectivity of crofting, our culture and landscape.
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Land Line // Five Walks In Skye | Caroline Dear
12 – 16 September 2016
Land Line was a series of five walks over five days that offered a unique chance to explore our relationship with the environment. Led by Skye-based artist Caroline Dear, each featured a specially invited collaborator and encouraged observation and conversation.
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Skye and Lochalsh Talent Development Initiative
In 2014 ATLAS Arts and partners, Seall, Aros, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and Fèisean nan Gàidheal received funding from Creative Scotland to offer funding to artists, performers and producers to engage in new processes or explore new ways of working and encouraged them to reach for the next level. The main aim of the bursaries was to offer artistic and…
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GENERATION // Are you LOCATIONALIZED | Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan
06 August – 10 October 2014
Are you LOCATIONALIZED by Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan was commissioned as a dual-sited cross-island project between the Hebridean islands of Skye and North Uist. Are you LOCATIONALIZED was ATLAS’ contribution to the 2014 nationwide project GENERATION, a major exhibition programme which showcased some of the best and most significant artists to have emerged from Scotland over the preceding twenty-five years.
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Temporary Spaces, Edible Places | Keg de Souza
12 May – 16 June 2014
During early summer 2014, Australian artist Keg de Souza was artist-in-residence between Kilmuir and Linicro. Drawing on her practice investigating spatial politics, Keg developed the project Temporary Spaces, Edible Places with pupils in Kilmuir Primary School.
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còmhlan bheanntan | a company of mountains | Alec Finlay
Alec Finlay’s còmhlan bheanntan | a company of mountains was a commission that saw the artist produce a variety of poems, photos, essays and ‘word-mntn’ drawings. Taking inspiration from Sorley Maclean’s poem ‘Ceann Loch Aeoineart’ Alec selected fourteen sites on the Isle of Skye to explore the mountains, history, culture and mythology of the island.
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Bàta Brèagha // Bonnie Boat | Zoë Walker and Neil Bromwich
03 – 10 September 2011
Bàta Brèagha // Bonnie Boat was a large and ambitious programme of events throughout late summer in 2011. The centrepiece was Zoë Walker and Neil Bromwich’s Celestial Radio: a sailing boat created by the artists covered in over 60,000 mirrored tiles, which broadcast songs and stories.
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