Saturday the 14th of October was a beautiful day, much like the day I rowed across to Eilean Nan Ron. Over 70 people from the surrounding communities attended the exhibition and took away with them two posters documenting the project in text and image. It was a perfect end to what was a great experience for me. Everyone that I hoped would come along to the exhibition , came, they left their thoughts and comments in a book which is now all the more important considering the mean spirited and inaccurate manner in which ceratain non participants chose to regard the project( see Am Brattach October and Novemebr issues)I did not respond publicly to the comments published, rather the engagement of the local community was again punctuated by two independent, and wholly supportive letters written by members of local the community. I am very grateful to Rhona and Bazil for taking the time and effort to show their support.
I chose not to show the film in a dark space, rather allowing some of the beautiful, Scottish ambient light to illuminate the space. The video documentation was projected whilst the oars, life jacket and lamps sat in the space.
A second projection displayed a power point of still images taken by myself and members of the Skerray community during my three month residency.
A monitor sitting ontop of the stage played the animations produced by children from local primary schools, whilst a separate monitor showed the video,Liberty Tower, which is also currently showing in Beirut.
The Skenes
Hugh and Jean
Tiegan - Altnaharra Primary School
Bazil
Joe and Babe
The Skenes
Hugh and Jean
Tiegan - Altnaharra Primary School
Bazil
Joe and Babe
