PILAGRMIR
Foula, UK
2022
Merrell Mind Beacon Competition
“Earthbound, we dream of wings, we are both house and wide-open window.”
Like a nesting Puffin or steadfast Skua, Pilagrmir stands resolute and distinguished. Its battered siding reveals a time at sea longer than this menhir has been upright. The crown of this creature is a canvas for painting the sky. It draws the gaze upwards towards the heavens and away from terrestrial concerns.
Pilagrmir is a monument though standing only 3m high. It has landed and nestled in for a time within one of the many crubs that scatter Foula. These nests of stone provide the protection this vessel requires to house weary travelers. Pilagrmir is a space fitted for healing, where one can return to the womb that restores. Built of spruce wood, the interior bosom offers respite from the unforgiving rain and wind just outside. All the while, Pilagrmir’s three pinhole eyes draw the magnificence of Foula into view, just for you.
Our being is sculpted by the environments that we have fashioned, making us our own greatest artifact. Pilagrmir may be a temporary experience on a distant island, but the impressions it leaves upon the minds of its inhabitants will last as long as stone.
