BAG ART CAMP 2017 – SELF-DIRECTED RESIDENCY

 

BAG Art Camp invited Scottish Artist and Curator David Faithfull. David will be offered the large studio (26m2) with use of the new woodwork shop, kitchen and other shared failities in July 2017. At the start of the residency David along with resident artists from USF and HKS will be invited for lunch at BAG, after which David will be working on new body of work and a collaborative project for the Society of Scottish Artists.

David Faithfull (b.1961 Scotland) is a an artist, printmaker and curator based in Edinburgh and on the Isle of Mull. He studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee and then lived in Copenhagen for 8 years working as an illustrator. He currently lecturers at the University of Dundee. His practice involves a broad range of processes, from installation and site interventions, to Artists Books, multiples, sculptures and murals. Current themes include investigating landscape and the etymology of place names, shifting geological planes and environmental issues. Much of his landscape-based work includes collaborations with writers and poets including ‘Jura’ with TS Elliot Poetry Prize winner John Burnside

For more info: http://www.davidfaithfull.co.uk / http://www.bagartcamp.no

BAG Art Camp 2017 is organised by Imi Maufe with assistance of Marit Tunestveit Dyre and supported by Bergen kommune.

 

https://davidfaithfull.blogspot.com/2017/07/bergen-artists-group-lunch.html

 

https://davidfaithfull.blogspot.com/2017/07/flyen.html

 

 

https://davidfaithfull.blogspot.com/2017/08/sarah-josts-studio.html

 

WORK GENERATED

 

Set of three Artists Books made at the BAG studios in Bergen.
Inspired by Hokusai's 'Wave Studies'.
Book one, side one 200 km drawing of Sognefjord skyline from Bergen to Leikanger.
Book one, side two panoramic drawing of Bølgekraftverket i Øygarden.
Book two, side one top skyline form Leikanger to Flåm.
Book two, side one bottom wake and water studies.
 
OTHER BAG ARTISTS 
DF arrived in Bergen via Copenhagen for the start of his mini residency with BAG.
Met some of the artists at the BAG studio in the busy docks area with some of the visiting artists form the USF international residency scheme, for a lovely communal lunch.
Then up to the roof of Imi's nearby flat with the Bergen artists to watch the sun set, aided by a rather nice bottle of Ardmore whisky.

USF
Line Nord 
Artist in Residence Bergen Manager
Prosjektleder kunst Visningsrommet USF og AiR Bergen 

USF Residency artists:
Austrian/German artist Alexander Glandien
Swedish/Japanese artist Sachiko Hayashi

with BAG artists
Marit Tunestveit Dyre 
Sarah Jost
Lisa Him-Jensen

and Bergen artist
David Rios