This contemporary art project was set in three different rural places defined by political boundaries: Dartmoor, Exmoor and Northumberland National Parks. Each place is distinctive, and the project opened a window onto the differences and similarities of working and living within these protected landscapes.

From across England six artists came to investigate people, place and time in these very different landscapes. Two artists worked in each park to create artworks which provoke, relate and reveal things about the places and people they visited and met.

This art project takes its place amongst others which also celebrate and record England’s complex and rich variety of landscape, enabling artists to work closely with the people who live in these places and the issues which affect their everyday lives. Each artist spent the first week of their five week residency shadowing staff members of various agencies: the National Parks, Natural England, Ministry of Defence, etc. This time spent with educators, environmentalists, archaeologists, rangers, Information Officers and others deepened their understanding of the complex range of constituenties, priorities and goals within each Park.