View from a Hill, 2023
4K Digital Video. Stereo Sound. Duration: 56 min. Extract 1 min

Titled after the M.R James’ ghost story of the same name, ‘View from a Hill’ (2023) investigates the growing tensions within the English countryside between tradition and sustainable futures. Shot over a period of three years, the work documents rural management across three industries: hill farming, conservation and gamekeeping.

On show as part of the Department of Art Postgraduate Degree Shows 20-25 July 2023 in Laurie Grove Baths Small Pool, Goldsmiths University of London.

Fergus Carmichael, View from a Hill, 2023, 4K Digital Video. Stereo Sound. Length: 56 min.

Fergus Carmichael, View from a Hill, 2023, 4K Digital Video. Stereo Sound. Length: 56 min.

Fergus Carmichael, View from a Hill, 2023, 4K Digital Video. Stereo Sound. Length: 56 min.

Fergus Carmichael, View from a Hill, 2023, 4K Digital Video. Stereo Sound. Length: 56 min.

Beginning with extensive field research, my documentary practice explores contemporary interaction with tradition, landscape and folk culture. Through durational case studies, I investigate how groups and individuals seek to access spaces that engage with local histories and interrogate what role these narratives play within current environmental and political climates.

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Fergus Carmichael, View from a Hill, 2023, 4K Digital Video. Stereo Sound. Length: 56 min. Installation view at Goldsmiths University of London. Photo: Christian Kingo.

Related exhibition:
Postgraduate Degree Shows: Goldsmiths, University of London, 20-25 July 2023