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Reweirding
(Highland) is a series of initiatives, devised by sound
artist Hector MacInnes as part of a residency with the Highland
Culture Collective, 2021-2023.
Each initiative came about either as part of, or in
response to, workshops, collaborations and chance
encounters with people in the Highlands of Scotland
affected by the criminal justice system, poor mental
health, homelessness, or many other factors which have
been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic; and each
initiative in some way challenges or queries the
romanticised, aestheticised and naturalised way the
Highlands are framed, often to the exclusion or alienation
of these groups. Participants have included inmates of HMP
Inverness, customers at Cafe
1668, clients of Am
Fasgadh or the Libertie
Project. The first two initiatives are You've
Heard Seagulls (a series of conversations about
sound) and Lightning
Roddy (a text-bot based listening service), with
more to be added throughout the remainder of the
residency.
An initial “Reweirding Proposal” by Hector (November 2021)
can be read on the Highland
Culture Collective’s blog here, and a fuller Statement
On Reweirding on this website.
The Highland Culture Collective is a partnership between Fèis
Rois, Lyth
Arts Centre, Northlands
Creative, The
Highland Print Studio, Eden
Court Theatre, and the Highland
Third Sector Interface and is part of Scotland’s
national Culture
Collective, supported by Creative
Scotland.
You can contact Hector here: hector@highlandculturecollective.com
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