Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation: experiments in poetics and justice.

Fremantle, Chris

Abstract

The Land Art Generator Initiative project in Glasgow is inspired by four key factors: Scottish Government’s ambitious targets for renewable energy; the Scottish environment’s multiple significant opportunities for renewables; the interaction between Land Reform and community owned renewables; and Scotland’s creative sector, including artists and designers. This paper contextualises the LAGI Glasgow project in relation to historical and contemporary artworks: John Latham (1921-2006) and his work with the spoil heaps of the shale oil industry; and Ebban an’ Flowan (Finlay, Watts and Peebles 2015) which explores the need for a vernacular language associated with marine renewables.

Citation

FREMANTLE, C. 2016. Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation: experiments in poetics and justice. Presented at 2016 Petrocultures conference: the offshore, 31 August - 3 September 2016, Newfoundland, Canada.

• Presentation Conference Type: Lecture
• Conference Name: 2016 Petrocultures conference: the offshore
• Conference Location: Newfoundland, Canada
• Start Date: Aug 31, 2016
• End Date: Sep 3, 2016
• Deposit Date: Sep 1, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 1, 2016
• Keywords: Renewable energy sources; Scotland; Infrastructure design; Public art
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1604