Author Archives: cc
summer breaks mixtape
compiled november 2010 to may 2011 mixtaped june 2011 featuring: the blessings, che fu/token village, conquering animal sound, darkstar, dilated peoples, disrupt, dj elmoe, dj nate, ducktails, flying lotus, gang starr, hudson mo, hype williams, king midas sound, lunice/brandy, mike … Continue reading
conference : mapping processes and practices
My paper, LAND. HERE. has been accepted for the workshop Mapping Processes and Practices: Arts, Maps and Society organised by the Society of the International Cartographic Association in collaboration with the Working Group on Arts and Cartography. The workshop will … Continue reading
talk : glacier mapping
I will be presenting work from my recent Wild creations artist residency in Fox Glacier, New Zealand, this Tuesday from 4pm at the Art, Space + Nature studio, Edinburgh College of Art. The talk is organised and promoted by ASCUS … Continue reading
new zealand architecture diaspora
The current issue of Architecture New Zealand is a special issue on architects and graduates of architecture school living and working abroad. My Fox Glacier residency project gets a few mentions, and the whole issue is available online here.
track cutting fox glacier
Stereo Field Recording 2 minutes 15s Recorded early morning, 9 December 2010. This work approaches the physicality of Fox Glacier, through a recording of guiding staff maintaining access on to the glacier. Each day staff work to re-cut a series … Continue reading
work–in–progress : glacier mapping
GPS data collected over three week period. This is an early sketch of some of the material gathered during my recent residency period in Fox Glacier, New Zealand. During the residency I undertook a dozen or so walks on the … Continue reading
artist talk : fox glacier
At the conclusion of my residency in Fox Glacier township I gave a presentation to the local community. As well as work in progress, I showed past works and works by other contemporary artists, such as Jeremy Wood to contextualise … Continue reading
GPS drawing workshop
As Wild Creations artist in residence I offered to run a drawing workshop for pupils of Fox Glacier Primary School. Over three sessions I introduced the idea of drawing on the land, beginning with historical precedents such as the white … Continue reading
talk : pecha kucha night edinburgh
I am presenting at the Edinburgh Festival edition of Pecha Kucha Night, this Friday September 3 at InSpace Gallery. My twenty images focus on the development of Dunedin, New Zealand; a colonial town settled by Scots and modelled on the … Continue reading
perceptions of greenland
I have helped to develop Perceptions of Greenland, an exhibition of images by Edinburgh based artists and scientists at Tent Gallery. It aims to reveal parallels in the ways various disciplines observe and interact with this arctic environment and is … Continue reading
bloom : bury art gallery
Ward Hill has been selected by curator Tony Trehy for Bloom at Bury Art Gallery in Manchester. Featuring works from oil on panel to neon, from video to bonsai, artists will investigate what it means to apply order over nature. … Continue reading
registered in art feature
Ward Hill is featured this month on Registered in Art, an artists video youtube channel curated by Lyndsay Mann.