Alec Finlay

Alec Finlay is an artist and poet whose work crosses over a range of media and forms. Much of Finlay’s work considers how we relate to landscape and ecology, including place-awareness, hutopianism, rewilding, and disability access. Recent work includes A Variety of Cultures, a permanent artwork installation at Jupiter Artland; and HUTOPIA for the Fondazione Prada exhibition ‘Machines á penser’ at the Venice Architecture Biennale. He is currently artist in residence with Paths for All.

Finlay established morning star publications in 1990. He has published over forty books and won seven Scottish Design Awards, including two Grand Prix Awards (2001, 2015). Recent publications include the Scottish Design Award best publication winner a far-off land (2018); gathering published by Hauser & Wirth (2018); th’ fleety wud (2017), minnmouth (2017), ebban an’ flowan (2015), and Global Oracle (2014).

www.alecfinlay.com

Examples of previous commissions:

Jupiter Artland
A Variety of Cultures orchard of native fruit trees with oak ladders, Jupiter Artland Alec Finlay; photo Hannah Devereux, 2015

Taigh
Taigh National Memorial for Organ and Tissue Donation Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Alec Finlay; photo Hannah Devereux, 2014

Alec will be developing artworks across the CIP sites for new housing in Cambridge. The artworks will be designed to create a strong visual and conceptual identity between the sites, building a unique sense of place and community ownership for each site whilst establishing connections between the individual locations.

A series of bespoke artworks will be developed for each of the locations, reflecting his research, conversations and observations.