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By: Kim Walker
The project discussed here is a joint collaboration between two artists, Neil Galligan a watercolour painter, and Kim Walker, a digital artist.
Both artists travelled together for three weeks around the Western Isles, collecting material to edit for two exhibitions in Scotland in 2009.
Kim Walker is a digital artist based in Glasgow. Her practice consists of video and sound production and video installations.
Kim is a recent graduate from the Time-Based Art department at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design within the University of Dundee.
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Kim Walker, 'Seaweed, Berneray', Photograph, September 07. Photo: Kim Walker.
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Neil Galligan, 'Cairn, Garenin', Pencil and Conte on Paper, March 08. Courtesy: Neil Galligan.
# 2 [5 March 2008]
Just quick update. Both Neil and myself have been working on further film loops and drawings. I have had to re-consider some audio for a couple of my film loops and have been trying to do this through the Audacity sound editing program. It's going OK although I do find this program quite tricky and not very user friendly.
I've completed another new loop and re-edited one as I felt that one was missing a scene and seemed too short.
Neil has completed the largest drawing yet for the exhibitions, a cairn on the edge of a cliff in pencil and black conte.
We have both been developing and framing our photography. This had been a great experience as I normally have photography as documentation of my video work for myself and have never really framed any up before. These images will possibly be included in one of our 09 exhibitions or be a separate body of work to be exhibited individually. We'll see...
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Kim Walker, 'Teampull Mor, Howmore', Video, 07. Film Still
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Kim Walker, 'Beinn a' Chlaidh, Berneray', Video, 07. Film Still
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Kim Walker, 'Tweed Strands', Video, 08. Film Still
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Neil Galligan, 'Garenin, Lewis', Watercolour on Paper, 07.
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Neil Galligan, 'Ruined Doorway, Bhatarsaigh', Charcoal on Paper, 07.
# 1 [24 January 2008]
I have been back in Glasgow from the Outer Hebrides for 3 months now and the work is making progress. It can be quite slow though as I'm balancing part-time work and my art practice, usually I have around 2-3 days per week to work on my projects.
I am developing a multi-screen video installation which will be exhibited in two venues, one in Inverness and the other in Aberdeen. The exhibitions are with another artist, Neil Galligan, a watercolour painter. The two shows will be the first for each artist, showcasing new work produced after graduating in 2006.
I focused on filming the ancient monuments such as the standing stones around the Islands, the ruined broch at Carloway and other natural sights. The sound has ended up being mainly water recordings as it was so windy when we visited, that I found it difficult to record outdoors.
Both Neil and I focused on capturing images that we felt were unique to the area, hopefully collecting material that is not like picture postcards and not too traditional.
One idea is to have the monitors displayed in the same shape that the Islands are on the map, curving East from the South to North. Each Screen will have a looped film with audio through headphones. Neil's paintings and drawings will be around the video installation, so video projection is not possible for at least one of the shows as it would affect the display of his work.
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