Hutton Highlights, October 2021

Hutton-inspired artwork on view at Aberdeen campus Contact Tel: +44 (0) 344 928 5428 Fax: + 44 (0) 344 928 5429 info@ h utton.ac.uk www. h utton.ac.uk Contact Tel: +44 (0) 344 928 5428 Fax: +44 (0) 344 928 5429 info@hutton.ac.uk www.hutton.ac.uk Funded by: For the next six months, the Institute’s Aberdeen site will host a sculpture - ‘Compass ’ – inspired by James Hutton’s Theory of the Earth, Scottish geology and Hutton’s Unconformity at Siccar Point. It was created as part of in Sky Arts’ Landmark televised sculpture competition in which artists compete to create local landmarks for their home region. Sculptor Annie Cattrell’s practice is often informed by working with specialists in science and from particular geological locations. Compass references the tectonic movement and specific locations using a cross axis/map co-ordinates and profile of the land near Loch Ness or in London. It also addresses the relationship that humans have in terms of measurement and location. Also, how we understand geological deep time and are affected by the landscape and location of where we live. Compass will be displayed until July 2022 and can be visited by the public. Singer Karine Polwart has also used James Hutton’s work as inspiration for a new song entitled ‘Siccar Point’ that references his exploration there and subsequent postulation about Deep Time. and on Spotify...