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Structural moves in Norrland (2023)
Book Chapter
Carless, T., & Benedict Brown, J. (2023). Structural moves in Norrland. In G. Coutts, & T. Jokela (Eds.), Relate North: Possible Futures (132-151). (1). Portugal: InSEA Publications. https://doi.org/10.24981/2023-RNPF

Based in Umeå, Northern Sweden, this project looks at the phenomena of moving whole houses and other buildings. This practice occurs throughout Sweden, in the USA, New Zealand and other territories. Moving structures this way has occurred for over a... Read More about Structural moves in Norrland.

Structural Moves in Norrland (2023)
Book Chapter
Carless, T., & Benedict Brown, J. (2023). Structural Moves in Norrland. In G. Coutts, & T. Jokola (Eds.), Relate North: Possible Futures. Viseu, Portugal: InSEA. https://doi.org/10.24981/2023-RNPF

Based in Umeå, Northern Sweden, this project looks at the phenomena of moving whole houses and other buildings. This practice occurs throughout Sweden, in the USA, New Zealand and other territories. Moving structures this way has occurred for over... Read More about Structural Moves in Norrland.

Unsettling in Norrland (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Carless, T. (2023, September). Unsettling in Norrland. Paper presented at Landscapes of Care: Photography, Film, Modern Architecture and Landscape Heritage, Porto University School of Architecture

This presentation is of research using film, photography and projection to develop analysis of the changing space and architectures of Northern Sweden (Norrlands). This peripheral region is one of the most rapidly reconfiguring spaces in Europe, with... Read More about Unsettling in Norrland.

WIDE LOAD A House Moved (The Move: Teg to Degernäs, 10 Km) EXHIBITION 'CASA COLECTIVA' (COLLECTIVE HOUSE) (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Carless, T. (2023). WIDE LOAD A House Moved (The Move: Teg to Degernäs, 10 Km) EXHIBITION 'CASA COLECTIVA' (COLLECTIVE HOUSE). [Photography]. Exhibited at Lisbon and Algarve Portugal. 30 August 2023 - 25 November 2023. (Unpublished)

Photography exhibition, with the theme COLLECTIVE HOUSE, included in the programming of the Arroios Photography Festival (from August 30th to September 15th) and in the Algarve Photography Festival (from October 21st to November 25th) The image is... Read More about WIDE LOAD A House Moved (The Move: Teg to Degernäs, 10 Km) EXHIBITION 'CASA COLECTIVA' (COLLECTIVE HOUSE).

Wide Load A House Moved (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Carless, T. Wide Load A House Moved. [Book Paperback limited edition prints and posters]. Exhibited at Smedjan Studio Umeå University. 16 June 2023 - 18 June 2023. (Unpublished)

This is an exhibition of cut books, supported by large scale display posters of the archive of Wide Load. The book includes essays by Tonia Carless & Robin Serjeant, James Benedict Brown, Matthew Hynam. Design by Paula Roush. Limited edition publicat... Read More about Wide Load A House Moved.

Session 3: Wide load - The wholesale moving of buildings in Norrlands (panel 1) (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Carless, T. (2023, January). Session 3: Wide load - The wholesale moving of buildings in Norrlands (panel 1). Paper presented at Relate North 10 Possible Futures, Yukon School of Visual Arts Dawson City

The panel session will question how a visual, spatial research, might uncover the implications of technological and social change in Norrlands. It will consider how political narratives of the region might be embedded in the space and propose new rea... Read More about Session 3: Wide load - The wholesale moving of buildings in Norrlands (panel 1).

Wide load housemoving (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Carless, T., & Serjeant, R. (2022, October). Wide load housemoving. Paper presented at ATUT Making (A)Mends Restorative Strategies, Responses and Pedagogies in Architecture and the Built Environment, Tampere Finland

In a Land of geological uplift, thousands of years of cultures, and new waves of corporate and state investment in a space for settlement and the extraction of natural resources, this paper examines the social phenomenon of moving houses, and other b... Read More about Wide load housemoving.

Studio Archaeology Artist Book (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Carless, T., & Roush, P. (2022). Studio Archaeology Artist Book. [Installation artist book]. Exhibited at Isabel Bader Centre Queen’s University Kingston Canada. 15 August 2022 - 17 August 2022. (Unpublished)

"STUDIO/ ARCHAEOLOGY," one accordion and six pamphlets, documents the interior of msdm project space through a cross-section of representational approaches including photogrammetry, narrative/ documentary context and book art. The 3-d models of msdm... Read More about Studio Archaeology Artist Book.