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Friday Lunch with John Bolland
In a localising world of hardening borders, each of us is heavily dependent on the affordances of the ground beneath our feet. Our land and the lifeways that sustain them, are highly contingent, particular and liable to change.” – John Bolland
On the second and fourth Friday of the month, we invite people who live or work in and around Huntly to speak about things they are passionate about – this could include their work, a project, an area of research or hobby. At this Friday Lunch, writer and artist John Bolland will be sharing a new film-poem in development called Oot-settin. Oot-settin is part of John’s project, Twilt, that reflects upon the geological history or ‘deep time’ of the River Deveron Catchment, to gain perspective on our current climate emergency. In Oot-settin, John creates a contemplative and mesmerising journey through time, combining Doric spoken word, digital animation and original music.
John will share how this project examines the ancient geological memory of the Deveron River basin, to pose the question: What can we learn from such grand time scales? How can we use deep time understanding to shift our perspective of the here and now? As recent events in the Bhote Khosi and Trishuli river systems in the Himalayas have tragically demonstrated, river catchments are fundamental to life on earth, be that human infrastructure or ecosystems. Oot-settin is the first chapter of this project, depicting nine billion years of cosmological history.
Lunch will be veggie chilli and rice. Come along to hear about John’s work and enjoy a free tasty meal – no booking required just turn up.
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