Legacies & Inheritances (2023)
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'Legacies & Inheritances' asks the question: How do we acknowledge the contributions of Scotland’s fossil fuel industries, while acknowledging the damage done to the climate and the environment by, and the urgent need to stop burning, these same elements of our environment?
The work depicts historic sites of fossil fuel production, distribution, and consumption in Edinburgh and the Lothians, including the Granton Gas Holder, the Newtongrange Mining Museum, the former Cockenzie Power Station, and the West Lothian Bings (as viewed from Edinburgh Airport).
The images have been inserted into the cases of disused antique mantle clocks. These objects would likely have once been prized possessions, both useful and beautiful; the sort of object that might have even been given to mark a work anniversary or retirement. But what is their function in the digital age? How do we acknowledge their role as a useful part of our lives, while realizing they no longer serve our needs?
The work depicts historic sites of fossil fuel production, distribution, and consumption in Edinburgh and the Lothians, including the Granton Gas Holder, the Newtongrange Mining Museum, the former Cockenzie Power Station, and the West Lothian Bings (as viewed from Edinburgh Airport).
The images have been inserted into the cases of disused antique mantle clocks. These objects would likely have once been prized possessions, both useful and beautiful; the sort of object that might have even been given to mark a work anniversary or retirement. But what is their function in the digital age? How do we acknowledge their role as a useful part of our lives, while realizing they no longer serve our needs?
Legacy (2015 - Ongoing)
Legacy I: Stacks
Layers of enamelled glass in vintage mantle clock case, lights 20 x 50 x 13 cm 2015 |
Legacy II: North Sea Oil Platforms
Layers of enamelled glass in vintage mantle clock case, lights 21 x 24 x 12 cm 2016 |
