Gretna Landmark Project Location
The Gretna Landmark An Introduction
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Gretna Landmark is a multiple installation of art and design being created to celebrate a historic border, the border between Scotland and England. In centuries past, this border was known as ‘the debatable lands’, but in the 21st century Gretna Landmark is proud to be creating an opportunity to explore the nature of national identity and boundaries at Scotland’s main border crossing.
Currently the event of crossing the border into Scotland by road at the main gateway at Gretna is unremarkable and travellers are often unaware that they have passed from one country into another.
The Gretna Landmark project is delighted to be working with two of the world’s most well respected artists working in the landscape, Charles Jencks and Andy Goldsworthy. Both artists have their home in the south of Scotland and have strong connections with the people and the landscape here.
Project Themes:
The river of identity running deep/the real blood … east/ west border - grounded in landscape … north/south - man made nature … transitional landscape/the debatable ... lands ... confluence of roads, rivers and railways … identifier for Scotland … meeting place/negotiation/reconciliation/lookout … energy/engineering/movement.
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