[spectre] Relief From Law

Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:20:00 +0000

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For further information and to discuss any aspect of this project (includin=
g
remote participation and access for those with disabilities), please contac=
t
the artist directly at roddy@zero-g.org.uk

R O D D Y
HUNTER

R E L I E F  F R O M  L A W

A psychogeographical survey of Dundee Law and environs, Dundee, Scotland

for Burning Bush 2: Doing Time, March-May 2002

Roddy Hunter, artist-in-residence for the festival =8CBurning Bush 2: Doing
Time=B9, is making a psychogeographical study of a route between Magdalen
Green Bandstand and Dundee Law.

Taking its name from the old Scots word =8Claw=B9 meaning =8Chill=B9, Dundee Law is
an extinct volcano formed around 400 million years ago. A conical mass of
volcanic basalt, it forms the highest point in the city, rising to a height
of 174m (571 feet). An Iron Age hill fort once occupied the site on which
now stands a memorial to the dead of World War 1 erected in 1923. This site=
,
and others along the route, has inspired Hunter=B9s psychogeographical study.

Psychogeography involves studying the direct influence of geographical
setting on the mood and behaviour of the individual. It is essentially
concerned with urbanism and raises questions about town planning,
architecture, social control, economic and political science, constructions
of desire, history and situations. Starting at Magdalen Green, Hunter will
proceed on foot, studying the effects of this influence, along Roseangle,
Perth Road, Nethergate, High Street, Reform Street, Meadowside, Constitutio=
n
Road, Upper Constitution Street, Kinghorne Road, Law Crescent and Law Road
before arriving at Dundee Law. The route is then reversed and retraced.

Hunter will walk this route at dawn and dusk each day for a week. The walk
may take around two hours to complete. He invites anyone interested to join
him for all or part of the walk and to share views and opinions about
urbanism in general and/or Dundee in particular. The first walk will
commence from the bandstand on Magdalen Green on Thursday 28 March at
5.45pm, arriving at Dundee Law at sunset and returning to Magdalen Green by
approximately 7.45pm. There will then be a series of twice daily walks
(between 4.45am =8B 6.45am and 5.45pm =8B 7.45pm) from Friday 29 March until
Wednesday 3 April. The series concludes with a dawn walk on Thursday 4 Apri=
l
2002.

These walks will create a series of dialogues which will contribute toward =
a
performance/installation to be exhibited at the Cooper Gallery, Duncan of
Jordanstone College of Art during the Burning Bush 2 festival on the weeken=
d
of 10-12 May 2002. The performance/installation will be a psychogeographica=
l
simulacrum of Dundee Law where the artist and audience will not be bound by
the legal provisions regulating the use of public and recreational spaces a=
s
set out in the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. This act regulates,
amongst other things, the holding of meetings, lectures, discussions and
processions in public spaces. When on the route of the walk, Hunter will
make participants aware of the provisions of the act and encourage
compliance whilst in public spaces.

Roddy Hunter (born Glasgow, Scotland 1970) is an artist, lecturer,
researcher and curator. He exhibits his work consistently throughout Europe
as well as in North America, Asia and recently the Middle East. He was an
active member of Hull Time Based Arts, Kingston-upon-Hull and was, with
Julie Bacon, Consul General for the Nomad Territories in England. He holds
an MA (Contemporary Arts) from the Nottingham Trent University, England and
is currently engaged in PhD research at University of Ulster at Belfast. He
lives currently in Totnes, England where he is Associate Director: Visual
Performance and a funded researcher at Dartington College of Arts.

For further information and to discuss any aspect of this project (includin=
g
remote participation and access for those with disabilities), please contac=
t
the artist directly at roddy@zero-g.org.uk

Roddy Hunter
artist/lecturer/researcher/curator
6 Walnut Close
Totnes TQ9 5GF
Devon
England

t: +44 (0)1803 840503 / +44 (0)1803 868875
f: +44 (0)1803 866053
e: roddy@zero-g.org.uk
w: www.span2.org=20

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R O D D Y 
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R E L I E F &nbsp;F=
 R O M &nbsp;L A W 
 
A psychogeographical survey of Dun=
dee Law and environs, Dundee, Scotland 
 
for Burning Bush 2: Doing Time, Ma=
rch-May 2002 
 


Roddy Hunter, artist-in-residence for the festival =8CBurn=
ing Bush 2: Doing Time=B9, is making a psychogeographical study of a route bet=
ween Magdalen Green Bandstand and Dundee Law. 
 
Taking its name from the old Scots word =8Claw=B9 meaning =8Chill=B9, Dundee Law is=
 an extinct volcano formed around 400 million years ago. A conical mass of v=
olcanic basalt, it forms the highest point in the city, rising to a height o=
f 174m (571 feet). An Iron Age hill fort once occupied the site on which now=
 stands a memorial to the dead of World War 1 erected in 1923. This site, an=
d others along the route, has inspired Hunter=B9s psychogeographical study. <B=
R>
 
Psychogeography involves studying the direct influence of geographical sett=
ing on the mood and behaviour of the individual. It is essentially concerned=
 with urbanism and raises questions about town planning, architecture, socia=
l control, economic and political science, constructions of desire, history =
and situations. Starting at Magdalen Green, Hunter will proceed on foot, stu=
dying the effects of this influence, along Roseangle, Perth Road, Nethergate=
, High Street, Reform Street, Meadowside, Constitution Road, Upper Constitut=
ion Street, Kinghorne Road, Law Crescent and Law Road before arriving at Dun=
dee Law. The route is then reversed and retraced. 
 
Hunter will walk this route at dawn and dusk each day for a week. The walk =
may take around two hours to complete. He invites anyone interested to join =
him for all or part of the walk and to share views and opinions about urbani=
sm in general and/or Dundee in particular. The first walk will commence f=
rom the bandstand on Magdalen Green on Thursday 28 March at 5.45pm, arriving=
 at Dundee Law at sunset and returning to Magdalen Green by approximately 7.=
45pm. There will then be a series of twice daily walks (between 4.45am =8B 6.4=
5am and 5.45pm =8B 7.45pm) from Friday 29 March until Wednesday 3 April. The s=
eries concludes with a dawn walk on Thursday 4 April 2002. 
 
These walks will create a series of dialogues which will contribute toward =
a performance/installation to be exhibited at the Cooper Gallery, Duncan of =
Jordanstone College of Art during the Burning Bush 2 festival on the weekend=
 of 10-12 May 2002. The performance/installation will be a psychogeographica=
l simulacrum of Dundee Law where the artist and audience will not be bound b=
y the legal provisions regulating the use of public and recreational spaces =
as set out in the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. This act regulates, =
amongst other things, the holding of meetings, lectures, discussions and pro=
cessions in public spaces. When on the route of the walk, Hunter will make p=
articipants aware of the provisions of the act and encourage compliance whil=
st in public spaces. 
 
Roddy Hunter (born Glasgow, Scotland 1970) is an artist, lecturer, research=
er and curator. He exhibits his work consistently throughout Europe as well =
as in North America, Asia and recently the Middle East. He was an active mem=
ber of Hull Time Based Arts, Kingston-upon-Hull and was, with Julie Bacon, C=
onsul General for the Nomad Territories in England. He holds an MA (Contempo=
rary Arts) from the Nottingham Trent University, England and is currently en=
gaged in PhD research at University of Ulster at Belfast. He lives currently=
 in Totnes, England where he is Associate Director: Visual Performance and a=
 funded researcher at Dartington College of Arts. 
 


For further information and to discuss any aspect of =
this project (including remote participation and access for those with disab=
ilities), please contact the artist directly at rod=
dy@zero-g.org.uk 
 
 


Roddy Hunter 
artist/lecturer/researcher/curator 
6 Walnut Close 
Totnes TQ9 5GF 
Devon 
England 
 
t: +44 (0)1803 840503 / +44 (0)1803 868875 
f: +44 (0)1803 866053 
e: roddy@zero-g.org.uk 
w: www.span2.org 
 
 
 
 


 
 


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