Host Manoeuvre
Saturday 20 June
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Station 1.
Tourist Information Office
12.00
Host \Host\, v. t. To give entertainment to. [Obs.] --Spenser. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) ___________________________________________________
Deveron Art’s town collection is an archive featuring works from the artists and musicians who have been in residence with the organisation since its inception in 1997. Each item is exhibited in a public place or business throughout the town of Huntly, acting as a record of the projects that have taken place. Jeans, C. Town Collection Development Report (phase 1), Dec 2008 ___________________________________________________ From: Tim Brennan <tim.brennan@sunderland.ac.uk> Sent Monday, May 18, 2009 9:18 pm To: Host Subject: Host of Huntly's Town Art Collection Dear Host, I am currently developing an artists walk for Deveron arts to be presented as part of a forthcoming festival on 20/21st June. The walk will incorporate many of the places where art works have been commissioned for Huntly over the past few years. As a host of an artwork ‘The Missing Picture’ by Eva Merz I was wondering if you could offer me a comment on your experience. A response to the question: What is it like being a host of your artwork? I look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Tim Brennan ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 2.
Crown Bar
12.10
Host \Host\, v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] ``Where you shall host.'' --Shak.
Cabinets of curiosities (also known as Wunderkammer, Cabinets of Wonder, or wonder-rooms) were encyclopedic collections of types of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined. Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history (sometimes faked), geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art (including cabinet paintings) and antiquities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_curiosities ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 3.
Stewart’s Hall
12.16
Elizabeth Jorgensen ‘Cinemagic Tour’ contact Adam Sinclair 01466 792779)
The hosts are an integral part of the Town Collection, and their willingness to house the artworks is what makes the Town is the Venue achievable as a motif. The response from the hosts as regards having the artworks is positive overall, and there is a sense of pride in housing them. With this in mind, they are already well disposed towards Deveron Arts, which may open them to further approach - through encouragement and training they could be potentially become middle-man, promoting the organisation to the people of Huntly. Jeans, C. Town Collection Development Report (phase 1), Dec 2008 ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 4.
Orbs
12.30
From: Annie Lamb <aelamb@orbsbooks.co.uk> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:18 pm To: Tim Brennan <tim.brennan@sunderland.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Host of Huntly's Town Art Collection Dear Tim, Thanks for your note about the Missing Picture. It is very satisfying being a host to Eva's work because she's such a remarkable person. But there is also the day-to-day experience of having The Missing Picture on the premises. People don't always notice the many pictures in the shop, probably because when you focus on the books you don't notice what is above them and the pictures are necessarily all rather high up. But then, sometimes a customer will notice The Missing Picture where it hangs above the counter. I love to watch them puzzling over it, moving from side to side to see if it's the reflection in the glass that is making it look the way it does, which is, of course, missing. The proportion of people who 'get it' is about 0.5, I would guess. I explain it to the other half.Is that enough of an answer? Please let me know if it's not, Best wishes, Annie ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 5. St. Margaret’s Church
12.36
Host \Host\ (h[=o]st), n. [LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.] (R. C. Ch.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration. Note: In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 6.
The Gordon Schools
12.42
phone at 2pm 01466 792181 Kenny Hunter ‘Ronald Center’ plaque (contacted Alexander Hall 792181 at Gordon.sch@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Host \Host\, n. (Biol.) Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 7. 01466792550
The Gordon Schools
12.48
Jonathan Claxton‘Horizons’/Mural (contacted Mrs Hyslop at Gordon.sch@aberdeenshire.gov.uk ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 8. Linden Centre 01466792502 YES, Will open up.
12.56
Dudendance ‘Rachel’s Red Shoes’ (contacted Sharon at linden.cec@aberdeenshire.gov.uk) ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 9.
Christie Park
13.06
Roddy Buchanan ‘Signed Art Cup Ball’ (contacted info@huntlyfc.co.uk) Host \Host\, n. [OE. host, ost, OF. host, ost, fr. L. hostis enemy, LL., army. See Guest, and cf. Host a landlord.] 1. An army; a number of men gathered for war. A host so great as covered all the field. --Dryden. 2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. --Luke ii. 13. All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. --Wordsworth. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 10.
Deveron Arts
13.12
Leena Nammari ‘Hilda’s Cupboard’ (CONTACT Hilda) ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 11.
Museum
13.50
Julia Douglas Various (contacted Dawn Ranson)
"The Kunstkammer was regarded as a microcosm or theater of the world, and a memory theater. The Kunstkammer conveyed symbolically the patron's control of the world through its indoor, microscopic reproduction."[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_curiosities ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 12.
Museum Death and Collecting
13.55
Kenny Hunter ‘Where in? Where at?’
Of Charles I of England's collection, Peter Thomas has succinctly stated, "The Kunstkabinett itself was a form of propaganda"[2] Besides the most famous, best documented cabinets of rulers and aristocrats, members of the merchant class and early practitioners of science in Europe, formed collections that were precursors to museums. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_curiosities ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Station 13.
Huntly Hotel
14.00
Paul Carter ‘The Miracle Over Huntly Castle’ (contacted Rebecca at thehuntlyhotel@aol.com Host \Host\, n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. h[^o]te, from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr. pati master, lord. See Host an army, Possible, and cf. Hospitable, Hotel.] One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. --Chaucer. ``Fair host and Earl.'' --Tennyson. Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. --Shak. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) ___________________________________________________ From TheHuntlyHotel@aol.com Sent Monday, May 18, 2009 10:33 pm To tim.brennan@sunderland.ac.uk Cc Bcc Subject Re: Host of Huntly's Town Art Collection Hello Dr. Brennan, Mr. Stirling no longer owns the hotel, but I have for the past 4 years. The comments regarding the art in the hotel have been positive, mostly questions about whether there is any connection with John Lennon and the Castle. As I understand, there is no connection, however my mother is an artist and things are always about how the artist envisions things. There may have been a connection with the artist, and as I understand he was killed in a car crash a couple of years ago, and that is something only he can answer. The picture is beautiful and certainly begs a lot of speculation, people talk anyway and comment on it. There have been a few who will stop and really think about it, John Lennon was a British icon, I suppose worldwide icon depending on who you are talking to!! The Castle also holds lots of secrets and gives room for the imagination, so putting the two of them together, well, who knows!! Anyway, hope that helps. Rebecca PS To answer your question, it's good to host the piece. It adds character to the hotel.
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Station14.
Tourist Information Office
14.06
The Museum as mausoleum
The town collection is an integral tool to Deveron Arts as it is a permanent reminder of their ethos of the ‘Town is the Venue’. It functions as a visual and heritage asset for the town population and as an additional attraction for the town’s visitors. Jeans, C. Town Collection Development Report (phase 1), Dec 2008