🔴 Joy to the Core of Maryhill (Glasgow)

77 x 65 cm framed

Printed on Brilliant Supreme Luster paper and professionally framed by Tom Niven

Medium Format Film Photograph, shot on CineStill 800T.

Part of the ‘à làimh Shomhairle’ Exhibition at Tolbooth, Stirling. All artwork is fully insured and will be available for collection in January 2023

https://www.somhairle.co.uk/exhibition

Tower blocks: the mountains of the city. Strange contraptions, full of mysterious paranoia. Trapped in the city, I longed for the open spaces from which I hail. Everything suffered during lockdown, my inspiration, my general demeanor. However, in the interests of pragmatism and attempting to redefine my place in the city, I began dragging myself out at night with my camera, searching for something... anything to spark an interest, a passion, excitement, and that illusive flow-basedpeace I seek. Unexpectedly, I found it around the city’s numerous tower blocks. When I’m out in the wilderness, I tend to walk obscure and nonsensical routes, following my eye to places ordinary people rarely go. In the city this pattern continued; I found myself in remote parts of Maryhill, Springburn and Clydebank looking for interesting arrangements of towers. I can’t say it was an entirely pleasurable experience, but it was an experience. I usually fear the sea sweeping me away or having a heavy fall. In the city though, the overarching fear came from other people.