Index / Journey
Ganghut in Oz
Ganghut travelled to the Nest Wave festival in Melbourne, Australia in March this year. They sent MAP the following dispatches, the way that they saw it
Journey Five: The Thames
On the fifth leg of his intrepid wanderings, Duncan McLaren takes two wintery voyages up the Thames, and finds the spirit of the new haunted by the remembrance of things past
Journey Three: By Loch Eriboll
Duncan McLaren camps out in the Scottish Highlands on a search for land art and ‘globulites’
Diary: Nicola Atkinson Davidson
Nicola Atkinson Davidson writes from Los Angeles as she opens the final installment of her ‘Black Suitcase from Karachi’
Green Dot
Glasgow-based artist Shauna McMullan travelled across countries to exhibit in ‘Crossovers’, part of Japan’s 2005 Aichi Expo. Mapped by a big green dot, the resulting work ‘Via’, has its first UK showing in MAP
Minimal Decay
Minimalist artist Helio Oiticica died in 1980 and has been celebrated by major galleries across the world since. Richard Williams searches out his work in the Brazilian jungle, but discovers it struggling to survive
Journey Two: Tours
Continuing his series of artistic wanderings especially for MAP, Duncan McLaren takes off to France to climb a mountain of the imagination—despite the language barrier
Off the Map: Duncan McLaren
Duncan McLaren strikes north in the first of a series of journeys that will take him along the high and low roads of the world in search of art
Beyond Belief
Artist Nathan Coley travelled to Jerusalem to explore and record the city and its life on film, focusing on the phenomenon of Jerusalem Syndrome, a rare travel psychosis specific to the holy city. Afflicting between 5 and 10 people a year, the syndrome is characterised by intoxication of the Holy Land. Those affected can be found at holy sites, chanting, singing and delivering sermons as if living in the time of Christ.
Wanderlust
Dominik Czechowski reviews Wanderlust: Actions, Traces, Journeys 1967-2017 at UB Art Galleries, New York, 7 September - 31 December 2017, touring to the Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, 17 February - 13 May 2018
Take Yourself Out of Your Usual Structure
Anna McLauchlan introduces a short September season of new writing inspired by residencies at Inshriach Bothy, Cairngorms.
The Residency: Part 1
James N. Hutchinson’s three-part narrative is situated in and around Inshriach Bothy. ‘What on Earth?… The whippet has no answer.’
The Residency: Part 2
James N. Hutchinson’s narrative continues. ‘I stand for a moment and glance around. I can’t see a car. Where could the third child be?’
The Residency: Part 3
James N. Hutchinson’s story concludes. ‘Ultimately, the narratives represented [here] were filtered as a means to address ideas around democracy.’