Confusing shadow with substance is a collaborative project
exploring aspects of Shetland’s relationship with the sea and the past,
and focusing on Stenness, one of the many once thriving fishing stations
around Shetland’s coastline.
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| Inkster's Böd, Stenness |
Janette Kerr, a painter, and Jo Millett, a moving image & sound artist are researching and making a multi-screen video & sound installation to be shown in Shetland Museum's exhibition space, Lerwick - 22nd July – 27th August 2017
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| Site of Stenness fishing station |
The project investigates the traces – tangible and intangible – of a fishing station where hundreds of men worked and lived for the summer months during the 18th & 19th centuries.
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| Stenness beach, image courtesy of Shetland Museum & Archives |
In the passage between fishing grounds (the far haaf) and shore the
activities and sounds are re-imagined.
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