The Great Glen is a huge natural fissure in the earth. It encompasses Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal. In September 2010 it was the location for the Arts Catalyst's third Artists’ Airshow, seeking to redefine the air as medium, with activities taking place at either end of the glen: at HICA as the main site, and at Outlandia, a treehouse for artists, overlooking Ben Nevis.

SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER, HICA: performances by Esther Polak and Ivar van Bekkum, London Fieldworks, Alec Finlay, Camila Sposati and Susanne Norregard Nielsen

  

The day also included The Territory of the Air, a programme of talks with, Louise K Wilson, Gair Dunlop, Esther Polak and Claudia Zeiske

SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER: a perambulatory bus tour of the Great Glen.
Conducted by artist Adam Dant, in conversation with The Arts Catalyst curator Rob La Frenais, this day-long event took place along the length of the spectacular Great Glen, revealing unusual and possibly hidden aspects of Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal with the aid of an ‘aerial map’, devised by Dant. The climax of the journey was the arrival at, and first public unveiling of, Outlandia, the tree house for artists. Dant was the first artist to inhabit the Utopian aerial studio, devised and designed by London Fieldworks. 

 

To view further details on Arts Catalyst's webpage: click here

Photos courtesy of Murdo Macdonald