OIL
OIL has developed from ‘Oil as far as the eye can see – Energy regimes in the everyday’, a tour curated by Rachel Grant (Fertile ground, Aberdeen) that took place across Aberdeen, as part of Myvillages’ Summer Camp titled ‘Who Has the Energy’. The summer camp was produced and held at Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) in Lumsden, July 2023, and is part of a four year long collaboration between the two organisations.
Texts: Rachel Grant and Kathrin Böhm
Editor: Rachel Grant and Alison Scott
Proof-reader: Gerrie van Noord
Design & typesetting: Neil Corall
Printed: Peacock & the worm, Aberdeen, 2024
Edition: 500
The tour and this subsequent publication locates and confronts current and future energy infrastructure in Aberdeen and surrounding areas. The journey is reflected in the publication’s three parts, drawn from different oil-related spaces through the concepts and practices of ‘LIFELINES’, ‘PRACTICES OF REFUSAL & REDISTRIBUTION’ and ‘RENEWAL’.
OIL has been published by SSW and Myvillages, and is the third publication in the Rural School of Economics series, following Rural Life in Hamar, Ethiopia (2022) and Zburazh Art Book (2024). It was commissioned by SSW as part of the BE PART Programme.
The publication was launched online on 7th November 2024, together with Rachel Grant, Sam Trotman, Kathrin Böhm and Scott Herrett.
