Magna Marina: Cycle 14 Alt-w Production Award

Donna Leishman

Magna Marina: Cycle 14 Alt-w Production Award

Design

Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

Abstract

A contemporary play on the ‘Carta Marina,’ the late middle age marine map created in 1532 by the Swedish theologist and cartographer Olaus Magnus. In this work Leishman is interested in playing with the speculative freedom of the so-called ‘dark ages’ and how this resonates today in our post-truth, image saturated and polarized culture(s).

The original map imperfectly charts Scandinavia, the North Sea and Scottish Coast, numerous sea beasts, alongside the real eddies and currents of the North Sea. Using Scottish-Nordic Insular Art and aesthetics of cartography as reference, Leishman has creatively reimagined the beauty and the imagined unknowns off the Aberdeenshire coast.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Aberdeen, Scotland
Publisher	New Media Scotland
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - 5 Sep 2022
Event	Magna Marina: Cycle 14 Alt-w Production Award - Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen, United Kingdom Duration: 5 Sep 2022 → 29 Oct 2022 http://www.mediascot.org/alt-w/magnamarina

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

http://www.mediascot.org/alt-w/magnamarina

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