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Film and 4 audio works in group exhibition of artistic outputs by seven artist participants in the Research Project, Northern Exchange: Cold War Histories and Nuclear Futures.
Northern Exchange investigates the legacy of the Cold War in Northern Scotland as it exists both physically in the landscape, and in memory. This exhibition and public workshops were part of Timespan's Northern Paradigm programme.Bringing together work across sculpture, photography, film, and sound, Northern Exchange encourages a different understanding of Scotland’s remote north through a consideration of the area’s historic significance as a new Front Line for defence against the perceived Soviet threat in the Cold war era.The exhibition title references both nuclear exchange, a term used to describe the firing of nuclear weapons, but also the exchange of memories and recollections that are at the centre of the artists’ collaborative work. The exhibition in Helmsdale draws our attention to the questions that Cold War era history and the nuclear issue raise and invites viewers to take part in a dialogue about experiences and perceptions of this period.
Northern Exchange investigates the legacy of the Cold War in Northern Scotland as it exists both physically in the landscape, and in memory. This exhibition and public workshops were part of Timespan's Northern Paradigm programme.Bringing together work across sculpture, photography, film, and sound, Northern Exchange encourages a different understanding of Scotland’s remote north through a consideration of the area’s historic significance as a new Front Line for defence against the perceived Soviet threat in the Cold war era.The exhibition title references both nuclear exchange, a term used to describe the firing of nuclear weapons, but also the exchange of memories and recollections that are at the centre of the artists’ collaborative work. The exhibition in Helmsdale draws our attention to the questions that Cold War era history and the nuclear issue raise and invites viewers to take part in a dialogue about experiences and perceptions of this period.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Rovaniemi, Finland |
Publisher | University of Lapland |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jan 2017 |
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Roxane Permar
- UHI Shetland - Professor in Art and Social Practice
- Centre for Island Creativity
Person: Academic - Research and Teaching or Research only
Activities
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Art and engagement with the Cold War in Shetland and its northern neighbours
Permar, R. (Speaker) & Timmins, S. (Speaker)
5 Jun 2024Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Oral presentation
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What was the Cold War?
Roxane Permar (Member)
28 Jan 2022Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement
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Relate North 2016. Practising Place: Heritage, Art and Design for Creative Communities
Permar, R. (Organiser), Coutts, G. (Organiser) & Jokela, T. (Organiser)
7 Nov 2016 → 10 Nov 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference
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