SCOTLAND AT MY TOES, ENGLAND AT THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS
is an ongoing project that takes place on 31st January every year,(Brexit day), at Scots’ Dike, The Debatable Lands, Dumfries and Galloway, on the border between Scotland and England.
Four of the photographs taken as part of this project were included in the Feminist Methods group exhibition (https://radar.gsa.ac.uk/9895/). These include:
Brexit day, 31st January 2020
Brexit day, 31st January 2022
Brexit day, 31st January 2023
Brexit day, 31st January 2024
*2021 no photo due to Covid travel restrictions
Scots’ Dike is a three and a half mile long, low, interrupted earth ditch, constructed by the Scots and English in 1552 to mark the division of the Debatable Lands and to define a section of the border between Scotland and England. It is thought to be the oldest national land boundary in Europe.
On 31st January 2020 I marked what was Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland’s last day in the European Union, by taking a self-portrait stretching across this border. There are currently 5 photographs in this ongoing work which has become a yearly event.
feminism, feminist methods in fine art practice, reading landscape, borders
McMullan, Shauna, Greated, Marianne, Douglas, Caroline, Chen, Yiyang, Barker, Sara, Young, Sharon, Davis, Kate, Fortnum, Rebecca, Raha, Nat, Rankovic, Katarina, Salmon, Margaret, Copestake, Anne-Marie and Fraser, Marita
Scotland at my toes, England at the tips of my fingers, Brexit Day, 31st Jan. 2020 - ongoing
