Abstract
Landscape in Pain is a body of digital art works made in response to the distress, solastalgia (Albrecht), produced by the environmental change to the environment caused by the development of the Viking Energy Wind Farm in the Shetland Islands, the northernmost archipelago in Scotland. The industrial scale wind farm will cover most of Shetland’s north central mainland and be visible from the majority of the islands. With 103 wind turbines, it will become one of the largest onshore wind farms in Europe. While Shetland is anxious to tackle the climate crisis, nonetheless many believe this project is not a green solution. Local objections to the wind farm include its disproportionate scale, destruction of peatlands and negative human impact. How do we achieve balance between sustainable development and care for the communities rich in resources, such as wind and tidal power, being mined by multi-national corporations across the northern region?
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