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).
Tag: Nithscoping
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.
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Inbetween: Dumfries
Arts Events in the Week of 5-10 November
The artist collective The Stove has put together a week-long programme that celebrates Dumfries and offers people the chance to be part of the future of their town. Six specially commissioned art projects will be presented in public spaces, accompanied by public performances and talks from leading thinkers, as well as film screenings and concerts.
Highlights include:
‘Why Andy Warhol is Shite’ – A performance lecture by international artist Bill Drummond.
Street Shrines – New work around Dumfries by one of Scotland’s leading street/public artists, Mike Inglis.
Greyfriars 1 – The world premiere of Suzanne Parry-John’s song cycle about the Nith and the launch of artist Lisa Gallacher’s bespoke clothing collection.
Nithscoping – Environmental artist Hannah Brackston invites an investigation of Dumfries’ river.
Also, look out for Marion Preez’s blue ‘Frames’ around the town, and whatever you do – don’t miss ‘The Lost Supper’, a simultaneous voyage back in time and into the future, with great food!
What’s even better is that it’s all free!