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Art of the Scottish landscape
23/06/2008
People in Scotland are being encouraged to submit images, words and music representing their experiences of distinct landscapes of Scotland to a new web-based resource today.
Placebook Scotland is a web-based resource, developed by the Scottish Landscape Forum, which will draw upon people's experiences of Scotland expressed through the arts.
In Dumfries and Galloway today, Environment Minister Michael Russell said:
"Landscape makes a significant contribution to Scottish identity and our rich natural and cultural heritage.
"Placebook Scotland will seek to cover as much as possible of Scotland's landscapes, townscapes and seascapes through the arts and I would encourage everyone to get involved.
"I hope that the project will generate interest in, and celebrate local people's sense of place through the arts and understanding of Scotland's distinct and diverse landscapes.
"The Scottish Landscape Forum wants to hear from the people of Scotland over the coming year on how they perceive Scotland, evoking the identity and essence of those places they have a strong relationship with.
"It's about everywhere around us that affects us over time and encompasses places where people work, study, live or were brought up."
Isabel Glasgow, Chair of the Forum, said:
"We are asking entrants to communicate to us a 'sense of place' using photography and video, prose and poetry, music and song.
"This is an exciting project that brings the arts and landscape together. It will encourage all of us to think more about how important Scotland's diverse and distinctive landscapes are."
The Minister added:
"I congratulate the Forum for initiating this idea which will help us celebrate, raise awareness of and promote understanding of the diversity of Scotland's landscapes, their condition and evolution."