RESEARCH DIRECTION:
What forms of Ecological Futurism emerge when Celtic cultural traditions are reimagined through immersive art in a queer and multi-cultural Scotland?
Cearcall is a continued artistic research project aiming to fabulate a visual language for ecological futurism.
At present, with place based work rooted in Scotland, the central question Cearcall explores is:
What forms of Ecological futurism emerge when Celtic cultural traditions are re-imagined through socially engaged practice in a queer and multi-cultural Scotland?
VISION STATEMENT
Cearcall is an artistic research initiative exploring contemporary Celtic visual culture, language, ecology, and imagination.
Rooted in Scotland and informed by both artistic practice and academic research, Cearcall investigates how traditional cultural knowledge can be meaningfully reimagined within contemporary life. Through workshops, artistic encounters, publications, and creative experimentation, we explore the meeting point between ancestral traditions and emerging identities, asking how Celtic languages, stories, symbols, and ecological understandings might continue to evolve in the twenty-first century.
We believe cultural traditions are not static inheritances preserved behind glass. Rather, they are living practices that are continually renewed through participation, creativity, and dialogue. Cearcall therefore approaches Celtic culture not as a fixed historical object but as an ongoing process of world-making—one that can speak to contemporary questions surrounding identity, belonging, ecology, spirituality, and community.
Our current work includes immersive yoga nidra experiences inspired by Gaelic poetry and Ogham tree lore, artistic readings of the Celtic Tree Oracle, and place-based storytelling projects exploring relationships between language, landscape, and memory. Alongside these public offerings, Cearcall conducts ongoing artistic and academic research into contemporary Celtic culture, indigeneity, ecological thought, and creative forms of language revitalisation.
Looking towards the future, Cearcall aims to contribute to new approaches for learning and engaging with Celtic languages through contemporary artistic media. Our long-term vision is to develop innovative digital platforms that bring together language learning, visual culture, storytelling, and artistic practice, helping new generations connect with Celtic languages in creative, accessible, and culturally meaningful ways.
At the heart of Cearcall lies a simple conviction: that the past becomes most powerful when it enters into conversation with the present. Through research, creativity, and community engagement, we seek to create spaces where traditional knowledge and contemporary life can meet, challenge one another, and grow together.