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Abstract
Exhibition Dates: 4 June - 15 July 2015
Installation at Summerhall, Edinburgh, part of 'Outside In', curated by Holly Knox Yeoman
Featuring artists' book by David Faithfull, 'Leviathan f:5'.
Off the western shores of Mull surrounded by the relentless onslaught of the Atlantic Sea lies the remote isle of Inch Kenneth.
Famous for its role in Boswell and Johnson’s Hebridean Tour travel journal, the island’s more recent infamy is its connection with the notorious Mitford Sisters. As Unity scratched swastikas on the windowpanes, sister Jessica reciprocated with incised hammer and sickle motifs.
Later Unity’s unsavoury links with Hitler were countered by Jessica’s intentions of turning Inch Kenneth into a Soviet Submarine base. Today contemporary conspiracy theorists blame underwater military testing for the strandings and deaths of whales throughout the west coast of Scotland. In a barn on the island lie two cetacean skeletons - mother and daughter.
For Leviathan Faithfull spent time on the Isle, investigating and documenting both the whalebones and the family relics, eventually succumbing to the island itself, engulfed by its anthropomorphic or zoomorphic forms.
Installation at Summerhall, Edinburgh, part of 'Outside In', curated by Holly Knox Yeoman
Featuring artists' book by David Faithfull, 'Leviathan f:5'.
Off the western shores of Mull surrounded by the relentless onslaught of the Atlantic Sea lies the remote isle of Inch Kenneth.
Famous for its role in Boswell and Johnson’s Hebridean Tour travel journal, the island’s more recent infamy is its connection with the notorious Mitford Sisters. As Unity scratched swastikas on the windowpanes, sister Jessica reciprocated with incised hammer and sickle motifs.
Later Unity’s unsavoury links with Hitler were countered by Jessica’s intentions of turning Inch Kenneth into a Soviet Submarine base. Today contemporary conspiracy theorists blame underwater military testing for the strandings and deaths of whales throughout the west coast of Scotland. In a barn on the island lie two cetacean skeletons - mother and daughter.
For Leviathan Faithfull spent time on the Isle, investigating and documenting both the whalebones and the family relics, eventually succumbing to the island itself, engulfed by its anthropomorphic or zoomorphic forms.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh, UK |
| Publisher | Summerhall |
| Media of output | Other |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
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LEVIATHAN f5: Confluence: Tradition in Contemporary Art, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA
Faithfull, D. (Artist), 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Leviathan: f5, 8th Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018: The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius
Faithfull, D. (Artist), 2018Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Activities
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Leviathan
Faithfull, D. (Speaker)
22 Feb 2015Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
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Leviathan/Outside-In
Faithfull, D. (Participant)
4 Jun 2015 → 15 Jun 2015Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition
Press/Media
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Artists’ Books #5: Artists’ BookMarket, Edinburgh
9/02/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
