Here is the item broadcast on Border TV’s LookAround programme on Monday 5th November:
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Dumfries Music Conference 2012
A big thank you to everyone who attended the Dumfries Music Conference, making it a huge success. Thanks also to Musicplus and DMC guest speakers Graeme Reedie, Ally Gray, Harvey McKay, Tony Andrews, and Greg Wilson.
Nith Scoping has begun today… get yourself down to the Nith and encounter the river as you never have before!
You can find Nith Scoping on the Whitesands (opposite the bottom of Bank Street).
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The Custodians Have Arrived
Mike Inglis pasted up his Devotional Shrines around the medieval centre of Dumfries today – these are based on real people Mike has met in the area, all of whom are concerned with protecting the spirit of Dumfries for future generations.
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Its All Gone Blue
While others have been busy wading in the river, stitching wedding dresses, or drawing ghost hunters, Inbetween artist Marion Preez has quietly been painting everything blue. Marion is working towards a participatory art event called ‘Frame’ – Doonhamers might notice some nice wee blue picture frames around their fair town next week…
Environmental Artist Hannah Brackston has spent three months exploring the different relationships that people have with the River Nith in Dumfries. Throughout the week of ‘Inbetween: Dumfries’, the artist will be inviting people to peer into the depths of the river using specially created ‘Nith Scoping’ equipment. Also, look out for Hannah’s limited edition newspaper all about the Nith – available at venues around town.
Here are the details of how ‘Nith Scoping’ works… For detailed times and locations, download the full ‘Inbetween’ programme or look in The Stove windows (100 High Street, DG1 2BJ).
“Nithscoping is a new activity I have invented to provide people in Dumfries with an exciting experience of their river from a perspective from which it is seldom seen. It addresses the challenge and struggle we can have in trying to understand and engage with natural forces, such as rivers, which we no longer have an industrial use for or much control over. In the case of the River Nith in Dumfries, the riverbed is one of the most talked-about topics in the town, not because most people have actually seen it, but because it lies at the heart of a strongly held dredging debate. It is trapped invisibly between those who want it removed to solve the town’s enduring flooding problems and environmental groups and geologists who work to protect its essential biodiversity. In my attempt to understand this debate further, I was troubled by a question: surely, it is more meaningful to debate something we can actually look at? Several adapted pieces of piping, a magnifying lens, some recycled bicycle inner tubes, duct tape, truck tarpaulin, and empty water bottles later, this has become possible…”
Hannah Brackston | Environmental Artist
- Nith Scoping Times:
- Monday 5th Nov: 08:52 – 14:59 (Whitesands)
- Tuesday 6th Nov: 09:40 – 15:50 (Whitesands)
- Wednesday 7th Nov: 10:43 – 16:57 (Greensands)
- Thursday 8th Nov: 12:00 – 18:14 (Whitesands)
- Friday 9th Nov: 13:13 – 19:26 (Whitesands)
- Saturday 10th Nov: view all the Nith Scoping equipment and talk to the artist about the week’s experiences – come to The Stove between 3 pm and 4 pm.