Assey, Gerard
How Do I Imagine Being There?
- ISBN 13:
- 9788899385118
- author:
- Assey, Gerard
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Humboldt
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 128
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Travel, Essays & Travelogues, Arts & Photography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The remote archipelago of St Kilda, located in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, is one of the most isolated places in the British Isles. In 1930, its last inhabitants left, leaving behind only stone walls, houses, and trails marked by human activity. The landscape has lost much of its definition, as everything that was once possessed or hoped for has been dispersed. In 2012, artist Claudia Losi arrived at St Kilda, prompting the question: how is a place described through geology, geography, history, and imagination? What does it mean to think of a place before physically being there? How many descriptions inhabit our consciousness, and which ones govern the words and images we choose to share with the world? This book explores these questions through a collaborative reflection involving an artist, semiologist, historian of cinema, geographer, biologist, neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and art expert. The result is a unique vision of "world archipelago" through St Kilda, accompanied by new artwork from Claudia Losi.
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