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St. Kilda:
The Politics of Remoteness
NORD were invited with James Mackay to exhibit as part of the exhibition Re:Motion
[New Movements in Scottish Architecture]. The exhibition invited reflections
on how transport and mobility impact on our built environment and the surrounding
landscape.
The following passage is taken from the exhibition.
“ The tiny satellite communities that arc the West Coast of Scotland exist
geographically and economically, on the edge. Communication and transportation
are vital.
Through many of us believe we desire it, we know that remoteness can never
be complete. We depend on cultivated systems that provide basic food, fuel,
mail, hospitals and other infrastructure to exist, and that island communities,
often, do not have the resources to sustain. Interconnectivity is paramount
and mobility is key.
The troubled history of St. Kilda, a cluster of small western islands, reminds
us of this. Until its evacuation in 1930, Hirta, the largest of this archipelago,
was the remotest inhabited spot in the British Isles.
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