Bute’s Island Time Bridge

Great to see Argyll’s Ise of Bute mounting an imaginative, ambitious and complex project as part of Argyll’s contributon to Homecomong Scotland 2009. Island Time Bridge will run throughout the summer from 1st June to 27th September.

It will be the result of a marriage of art, landscape and archaeology and of seroius efforts to make contacts with and draw upon the experience of historical Scottish diaspora communities in Canada and Australia.

Discover Bute Landscape Partnership along with the Step Up Project will run an arts and culture programme of events and workshops throughout the summer, themed around emigration (Canada and Australia) and will have two parts;

• One is a digital interactive photographic and sound exhibition portraying contemporary life on Bute contrasted with life on Scotland Island NSW, Australia. This is an Artist-led project with the involvement of the local community.
• The other is the Giant – a mega-festival of activities, workshops and happenings finishing with three large scaleoutdoor events. Working with the ‘Big Man Walking’ team the Giant will interact and take part in Flag and Banner waving, Puppets and Lantern procession and will open the new Tramway all-access pathway to Ettrick Bay. The route will have events and performances examining and marking the history of the island’s emigration. This project will be actively seeking links with similar communities in Canada and Australia.

This event is part of Discover Bute Landscape Partnership’s Archeological Research project. The Giant will lead the procession along the 2.5mile time corridor passing events and happenings highlighting the island unique archeological and cultural heritage. The route will encourage the elebration of the island’s migration and emigration over the years.