Wolf is a new short film by artists Dalziel + Scullion. The film is a creative synthesis of the spoken word, images and music, addressing ideas about co-existence and loss.

The narrative of the film is written by Robin LLoyd-Jones and touches on ideas about migration, land use, religion and ecology. There are long parts of the film where there are no words, only images and the haunting sound of Aidan O’Rourke’s music played on looped solo fiddle.

The film will be shown on a loop at Woodend Barn in Banchory between 28th August and 31st August 2012. On the 31st August  at 8pm the film will be shown, followed by a conversation between Dalziel + Scullion and Aidan O’Rourke. Aidan will also be performing his new cultural Olympiad commission TAT-1.

Dalziel + Scullion’s studio, based in Dundee, creates artworks in photography, video, sound and sculpture that explore new artistic languages around the subject of ecology. The work strives to visualise aspects of our shared environment from alternative perspectives and to re-establish and re-evaluate our engagement with the non-human species we live alongside. Matthew Dalziel + Louise Scullion have worked collaboratively for over twenty years during which time their work has been selected for a number of national and international exhibitions including the British Art Show and the Venice Biennale and have received numerous awards and prizes including the Creative Scotland Award, the Eco Prize for Creativity, the Saltire Award for Art in Architecture and were short-listed for the international Artes Mundi Prize.

Wolf examines our failure to co-exist with large predators whose absence have had a fundamental impact on the ecology of the Scottish landscape. It suggests that the wolf’s absence from our landscape is also symbolic of our overall detachment from nature, which is reflected in a spiritual and psychological yearning we carry within us.

This is the first time that Dalziel + Scullion (fine art studio), Aidan O’Rourke (musician) and Robin Lloyd-Jones (writer) have worked together, sharing their deep fascination with the Scottish landscape, it’s territory and culture. In each of their careers they have consistently distilled impressions of the land and our relationship to it, interpreting these through their own mediums, whilst holding in common a sympathetic acknowledgement of the fragility of Scotland’s rich biodiversity.

The film was commissioned by Timespan Museum and Arts Centre, Helmsdale, Sutherland and was supported by Creative Scotland

Details:
Dalziel + Scullion – Wolf
Tuesday 28 – Friday 31 August 2012
Woodend Barn  – Free

In discussion with Aidan O’Rourke 8pm 31 August 2012
In discussion + Aidan O’Rourke performance  – £11, £9 in advance

Opening times: Tuesday – Friday from 10am – 5pm

Woodend Barn, Banchory, AB31 5QA
Tel: 01330826520
Web: www.woodendbarn.co.uk

Source: Woodend Barn