As part of its 20th anniversary year Deveron Projects commissioned a work of public art inspired by Joseph Beuys ' seminal 7000 Oaks.
[5] The project, marking the centenary of the beginning of WWI, resulted in the White Wood, a living monument to peace, which will develop over three hundred years.
As a site of reflection, it was created by the community of Huntly and artist Caroline Wendling,[6] with oaks from Germany, stones from France and Scottish soil.
[7] Deveron Projects arranges residencies which result in the creation of public art based on research into topical issues – economic, social, political – that affect both the local community and the wider world.
They include David Blyth, Clare Qualmann, Baudouin Mouanda, Böller und Brot, Celia - Yunior, Dalziel + Scullion, Emily White, Gayle Chong Kwan, Gemuce - Pompílio Hilário, Hamish Fulton, Jacqueline Donachie, Kenny Hunter, Mihret Kebede, Nancy Mteki, Paul Shepheard, Paul Anderson, Peter Liversidge Priya Ravish Mehra, Roderick Buchanan, Ross Sinclair, Stéfanie Bourne and Utopia Group.
Coetzer discovered the poem “Room to Roam” by Victorian author and Huntly resident, George MacDonald through the Scottish folk-rock band The Waterboys, who released an album of the same name in 1990.
Hielan’ Ways explored the old drover routes that cross north-east Scotland and culminated in a symposium with contributions from mountaineer Doug Scott, Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Long and the Cloud Appreciation Society.