Two artists are asking the people of Forres and wider area to develop a picture of ‘life going on’ over the coming weeks by simply putting a can in their garden.
Findhorn Bay Arts’ latest artists-in-residence are looking for Moray-based participants to capture a snapshot of time using a pinhole camera, and the images will be collected and exhibited.
A spoksepeson for the arts orgnisation said: “Some of us may be feeling trapped at home, many are feeling the loss of not being able to spend time with friends or family, and others may be coming to terms with the uncertainty of the future. Life has certainly become a series of interruptions and pauses and the passing of time has become something that we are aware of in a much more intimate way.
“As part of our artists’ residency programme and Creative Work Shop, artists Robbie Coleman and Jo Hodges are developing an evocative project that invites participants from across Moray to record and reflect on the passing of time entitled Northern Exposures.
Around 50 participants are invited to engage in a project over a two-month period that will capture both a photographic and personal memory of that time.
Each participant will be given a pinhole camera and place it in window looking out or in their garden and leave it there for the two-month period. The single image that the camera captures that includes the movement of the sun through the sky, will be a record of the passing of time and place. Participants will also be asked to reflect and comment on their own personal experience of how that time has passed. At the end of the project, the photographs will be developed and displayed in an exhibition of images and words as both a collective memory and a communal sharing of time.
Full details on how to participate can be found on Findhorn Bay Arts’ website:https://findhornbayarts.com/project/creative-workshop-robbie-jo/
If you would like to take part, you can email info@findhornbayarts.com or call the office on 01309 673 137.