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Abstract / Description of output
Human sensory orders are recalibrated when faced with the reduced illumination levels of the night; it is harder to judge depth and distance, details are obscured, colours muted, and one is obliged to compensate for this loss of visual acuity by drawing on the other senses. Darkness also forces one to question how one's body is in relation to that which surrounds, challenging one's human sense of bodily presence and boundary. Focusing on The Storr: Unfolding Landscape, a temporary night-time installation by the environmental arts charity NVA (Nacionale Vite Activa) on the Isle of Skye in 2005, this article draws together contemporary art theory on installation art and recent post-phenomenological work in geography to explore the ways in which individuals experience the nocturnal landscape. In so doing, the article highlights the close connections between these two bodies of work and how they might be usefully employed to advance traditional geographical understandings of landscape in art. At the same time, however, it raises both an empirical concern and a methodological question. First, regarding the uncritical way in which visibility is incorporated into many post-phenomenological accounts of landscape. Second, regarding the validity of focusing on isolated narratives in instances such as this when so much of what the individuals experienced was caused by, or shared with, others.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 315-342 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | Cultural Geographies |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2011 |
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Dive into the research topics of 'Night walking: darkness and sensory perception in a night-time landscape installation'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Projects
- 2 Finished
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Embodied-sensuous experience & the geographies of landscape art installations
1/07/05 → 30/04/06
Project: Research
Research output
- 1 Paper
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Dark landscape: from a realm of visual uncertainty to a textured realm of reflection
Morris, N., 2011, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Activities
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Dark Skies: Places, Practices, Communities
Nina Morris (Invited speaker)
29 Nov 2023 → 30 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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The textures of darkness
Nina Morris (Speaker)
8 May 2014Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Sensory Worlds Conference
Nina Morris (Advisor)
7 Dec 2011 → 9 Dec 2011Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference