Well it is turning me into a complete bridge obsessive! The Forth Road Bridge is a vast structure, and being a normal human sized artist, so much of what I am doing is trying to find ways of communicating visually the contrasting intensity of scale in this engineering endeavor spanning 2.5 kilometers of the Firth as well as exploring the act of crossing with all the powerful symbolism that implies. \u00a0Meeting all the Bridge staff, building a project team, making initial research drawings, exploring up, down, under, back and forth, gathering film and audio footage, intense printmaking sessions – these are just a few things that have kept me busy during the last few months.<\/p>\n All this leads to the start of the actual \u2018residency\u2019 aspect of the post which commences on the 16th June for 4 weeks. \u00a0I am based in a temporary studio space under the \u00a0Side Tower on the North Queeensferry side.<\/p>\n Dates for open drawing\/photography sessions for visitors to the site will be advertised as well as up to the minute blog posts facilitated by zero to fifty<\/span><\/strong> <\/a>curator \u00a0Lynne MacKenzie. Keep up to date with all this and more by clicking here<\/a> and following the links.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Special request! <\/strong><\/span>As a part of Zero to Fifty, I am gatheringinformation about people\u2019s memories or stories relating to crossing the Forth. Anything from childhood to the present day: drawings, scans of pictures, photocopies, texts, emails, poems, anecdotes, imaginings from childhood\u2026 Please can you email these to me through this website, so that I can include your stories in exhibition diaries. Thank you!<\/p>\n The results of this summer of activity will be revealed in my exhibition:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.katedownie.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Crossing1.jpg\" "\\"Crossing\\"")
<\/a>I am often asked\u2026\u201dWhat is involved in being an artist for the Forth Road Bridge?<\/p>\n<\/a>The commemorative 50th anniversary print \u2018The Art of Crossing<\/em>\u2019 is now launched and available for purchase.\u00a0Proceeds from the sale of this work will go towards helping to fund the Forth Bridges Festival <\/span><\/a>which runs from September 4th – 13th 2014.<\/p>\n