The Bothy Project are proud to introduce a new monthly newsletter keeping you up to date with our ongoing activities and opportunities. We are a growing network of small-scale, off-grid art residency spaces in distinct and diverse locations around Scotland and beyond. Our objective is to create platforms for artists and researchers to journey and explore the history, landscape and people in the areas surrounding the bothies. The Bothy Project are looking to grow the network, creating new partnerships with a broad range of organisations, artists, companies and sponsors to create an exploded network of bespoke off-grid dwellings.
Learn more about our programme on our website: www.thebothyproject.org and read on for more information about current activities in 2016. If you do not wish to receive any future updates from us please unsubscribe from our contact list at the foot of this email - but we hope you will stay in touch!
Shelters exhibition at Kirkcaldy Galleries until 5th June
Shelters is a major touring exhibition exploring the themes of shelter, off-grid living and self-build construction, curated for Fife Contemporary Art & Craft at Kirkcaldy Galleries by Bobby Niven, director of the Bothy Project as part of Scotland’s Festival of Architecture 2016. The first part of exhibition looks at the history of Lloyd Kahn’s iconic California-based Shelter Publications through an immersive installation of photographs and stories that highlight the human need and drive to find and make shelter. Lloyd Kahn is a major figure within the international off-grid, self-build movement inspiring the Bothy Project and many others to build small spaces of their own. Read more on our website here.
Save the Date! 16-18th July, Bothy Stores Workshop Weekend - Isle of Eigg.
We will shortly be announcing details of our second Bothy Stores Workshop Weekend to be held in July at Sweeney's Bothy on the Isle of Eigg with James Rigler, Virginia Hutchison and Kirsty McDougall. Join us for a weekend of making workshops with designers working on products for the Pioneers, and choose between a masterclass in weaving or casting. Spend the weekend exploring this inspiring island through its geology, archeology and haptic finds on the beaches - work, rest and enjoy the surroundings of this unique island between 16 - 18th July. Further information on the weekend and booking here.
Read about our pilot workshop back in February with Charlotte Barker and bakery 47 at Inshriach House and look out for further announcements in the coming weeks.
Pig Rock Bothy
As part of their ongoing programme at Pig Rock Bothy, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art are hosting an exhibition of work by artist Lauren Printy Currie.
Lauren Printy Currie’s exhibition in Pig Rock Bothy loosely explores ideas around language as object, and the relationships between poetry and sculpture. Entitled Devices, individuals and events the artist presents segments of an epic poem she has been writing since 2008, which is displayed as a work of visual art alongside a series of images of her belongings. In the poem Currie writes about personal experiences and outward observations; reflecting on many things such as daily performances enacted and domestic rituals.
The exhibition runs 27th May − 26th June 2016 and has been made possible with the support of Cove Park; an organisation which runs a programme of residencies for both individuals and collaborating groups operating across all art forms, offering time, space and freedom to make new work and to find new ways of working.
Pig Rock Bothy, located on the grounds of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, was commissioned in 2014 by the Scottish National Galleries to provide a venue for a varied programme of talks, performances and events and exhibitions as part of Generation - an exhibition celebrating 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland. More information about the exhibition and Pig Rock Bothy here.
Funded Residency Opportunity
The Bothy Project is offering a Bothy Stores Residency funded by The Inches Carr Trust. The Residency will take place in Sweeney’s Bothy on the Isle of Eigg from Sat 10th - Sat 17th September 2016.
We are looking for applicants who would like to spend time in the bothy to develop a product proposal for Bothy Stores: Bothy Stores is a new annex of The Bothy Project commissioning products inspired by, and for use in, off-grid dwellings. The products will be available in limited editions on the Bothy Stores website, launching in late 2016.
Applications should be submitted by midnight Monday 20th June For more information and how to apply please visit our website here.
Supported Programme Residencies
Currently in residence at Sweeney's bothy: Yelena Moskovich - Supported Programme Residency funded by Shakespeare and Company
The Supported Programme offers organisations and companies the opportunity to fund an artist or researcher of their choice to undertake a residency in one of the bothies. The support enables selected individual(s) the unique opportunity to research and develop their practice through an immersive, dedicated period of work in a unique, off-grid residency space.
So far in 2016 we have have hosted residencies for artists, writers, researchers and film makers as part of our Supported Programme. These opportunities have been made possible through the support from a wide range of organisations such as Winsor & Newton, Scottish National Graduate School for Arts & Humanities, Royal Scottish Academy and the TRG3 programme at Talbot Rice Gallery. We are interested in exploring new international connections and to kick this off, Shakespeare and Company, an independent bookstore in Paris, France have selected Paris-based, American-raised, Ukranian-born writer Yelena Moskovich to undergo a week's residency at Sweeney's bothy on the Isle of Eigg. During this time Yelena will work on her second novel, "The Longer The Tongue". More info about her residency on our website here.
We hope to encourage new sponsorship opportunities for individuals working across a broad range of disciplines, both local and international, from science to crofting, painting to literature, to music and film. There are a few remaining opportunities to support a residency in 2016. To enquire about how to sponsor an artist or practitioner of your choice please contact our residency coordinator Rachel at residencies@thebothyproject.org with any questions.
Click on links below to explore other selected past projects in 2016:
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