A symposium shaped by the ground beneath our feet; and which escaped from the boundaries of the lecture theatre.
Symposium participant
A two day walking and talking symposium held in the remote area of Glenlivet and the town of Tomintoul, 2014.
The symposium marked the end of the Hielan' Ways project, which saw artist Simone Kenyon collaborate with celebrated fiddle player Paul Anderson, poet Alec Finlay, Aberdeenshire artist Gill Russell and historian Ron Brander. The project sought to re-engage with a remote landscape–once inhabited, once lived in–using the network of ancient drover's routes, which once extended across it, as a point of access for a further investigation into the human, cultural and environmental heritage of the area. Through the symposium we extended our investigation to encompass the wider notion of exploration: how can an investigation into the many perceptions and interpretations of exploration help us to gain a better understanding of our own relationship with the environment we find ourselves in?
