text by Agi Chen
The most impressive point during the residency for me is the spirit of “historical inheritance” in Scotland, and I had this feeling starting from every detail in whisky tour, ceilidh, and highland games. Joining these local activities made me feel I live in a living history with kindly local people. Besides the local life experience, I got further understanding from Andy’s introduction of natural, agricultural, geographical, musical, popular cultural things of Scotland. The experience makes me believe it’s the way of how history becomes a collective memory that is shared between different generations. In addition to the inspirational thoughts from historical inheritance, I really enjoyed the peaceful and natural environment in Glenfiddich, it provides me more physical sense to make something by hands, no matter in daily life or in my art works. The influence on me to live and work in Glenfiddich Distillery for three months is much further than my expectation before I arrived. This project not only integrates me into local life smoothly, but also inspires me a new angle for my art works in the cultural way of Scotland.
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