Look at my Giant Hoops !!!!! Minch Moor -
MAGIC CIRCLE OF ENCHANTMENT MINCH MOOR: ANCIENT DROVE ROAD MINCH
'Point of Resolution' by Charles Poulsen 2005
'Point of Resolution' by Charles Poulsen 2005
'Point of Resolution' by sculptor Charles Poulsen is a pilot piece for the Landworks'
Project designed to promote the idea of growing sculpture along the length of The
Southern Upland Way.
To mark the 21st anniversary of the Way and completion of this
project, an opening ceremony will be held on Saturday 9 July at 2pm at the "Cheese
Well" upon Minch Moor, situated along part of the Southern Upland Way route above
Traquair Village, near Innerleithen.
The Landworks' Project arose from a series of
meetings to promote public sculpture for the Scottish Borders, with a particular
emphasis on The Southern Upland Way. Co-
A steering group comprising representatives from Dumfries and Galloway
Council, Scottish Borders Council, Southern Upland Partnership, Scottish Natural
Heritage and the Forestry Commission took up this idea enthusiastically. The decision
was made to fund the making of a growing sculpture as a pilot project to test out
the potential for the whole of the Landworks' idea.
Charles Poulsen's proposal was
to make a living piece of sculpture by working directly with the landscape in collaboration
with the Forestry Commission whose wish it is to improve the habitat for the Black
Grouse in an area of the Minch Moor, situated above Innerleithen and immediately
adjacent to the Southern Upland Way. The conservation need was to cut back areas
of the old heather to encourage new growth for the grouse to feed on.
The idea behind the sculptural artwork was to establish a fixed viewing point (the
resolution point) and from there to create a series of what appear to be circles
or rings cut in the heather. However once the viewer moves away from that point it
becomes apparent that what can be seen are not circles at all but huge irregular
elongated ovals. The dimensions of the largest of the forms illustrate this point,
which are 150 metres in length but only 30 metres wide. The forms cut in the heather
will change over time with the new fresh heather coming through and the flowering
of the heather will also change the experience. It is envisaged that the artwork
will be visible for many years to come.
Poulsen hopes that this work will be the first
of many artworks by different artists along the length of the Southern Upland Way.
A
warm invitation is extended to members of the public to join the artist Charles Poulson
on the hill at 2pm on Saturday 9 July. The opening will be conducted by Peter Burman
Director of Conservation & Property Services at The National Trust for Scotland,
who is a great supporter of contemporary arts and the crafts. He has coined three
words to summarise the approach to his directorship 'Stewardship, continuity and
creativity' the most important being creativity.
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