“Still Life?” In a project organised by the outreach teams at the National Galleries of Scotland and Glasgow Caledonian University, I worked with pensioners in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, to explore issues affecting their lives, creating a series of montage portraits.
Working on ‘Perfectly Wholesome' as part of ‘Blind Faith: contemporary art and human rights’. The project explored themes of sectarianism, identity and nation rights. The work was shown in GOMA and the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland.
Video installation at GOMA for “Perfectly Wholesome” as part of the “Blind Faith” exhibition. Hanging down around the table shaped stairwell the monitors are edited with recordings of interview with represtives of Glasgow Police, Grand Master of Orange Order Scotland, Caire na hEireann Scotland and three Glasgow councilors asking the question.
“Perfectly Wholesome” part of the “Blind Faith” exhibition reworked for the National Portrait Gallery. The width and length of each ribbon hanging down represent a march/ walk in Glasgow that year. The length of each ribbon represents the distance of the march, the width represents the number of participants.
“Hidden Treasure” devised by Spartans Community Football Academy, working with North Edinburgh Art, and Stills Gallery. Working with kids we made a series of photographs which reflect the hidden treasures of the local area, what football means to them, the people who live there, and the landmarks of their locality.
Still from “Snap-shorts” a project working with youth about their life in Moredun, Edinburgh creating a website with tape/slide/audio. Audio from Sound artist Fred Parsons.
Starcatchers, Two groups of young mothers and soon to be mothers .
Video of the making of “Hi Ho Giro” in Stills Gallery as part of “ The King’s Peace” exhibition.Hi Ho Giro was a community led project based in Westerhailes taking a satirical look at political developments local and national.
Shakti Women’s Aid ‘food stories. Exhibited at Out of the Blue.
Pinhole camera project. Working with kids in Sighthill, Morningside and Craigmillar libraries to make pin-hole cameras, take images, process and make images.
Wael, Part of “ We are the Palestinians” project explore identity and what it means to be Palestinian living in exile in Scotland.
Crisis, exhibition at Stills Gallery Edinburgh.
working at Pilmany/Citadel with a cross generational group involved in “A Slice of Leith” project and exhibition . Photo by one of the youth.
Mirrors Prison Portraits. Working in Greenock prison woman's wing with the National Galleries of Scotland educational outreach dept’. Using examples of portraits in the NGS collection as inspiration the women created fictional characters embodying an elements of their own personality or situation in life, including their hopes or regrets.
“Little Leithers” part of “A Slice of Leith” project.
“Parallel Lives 2” Participants in West Edinburgh saw the changes in their local landscape paralleled in George Seurat’s transformative vision of urban fringe of Paris “La luzerne, St Dennis 1885”. We gathered thousands of images from local residents to form a mosaic landscape representing the life of the community.
The outdoor showing of “Hi Ho Giro” in Parliament square Edinburgh during the festival.
Parallel Lives. The project involved creating a modern interpretation of paintings held in the National Galleries of Scotland. I worked with a youth group in Burdiehouse Edinburgh to reimagine Thomas Warrender’s Scottish Still-Life
“Park Life” Working with Out of The Blue and sound artist Fred Parsons. A project working with users of Dalmeny Street park, from kids to pensioners, on how the park might be developed. The exhibition was audio and visual.
“Park Life” Working with Out of The Blue and sound artist Fred Parsons. A project working with users of Dalmeny Street park, from kids to pensioners, on how the park might be developed. The exhibition was audio and visual.