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SALTHOUSE takes place in two distinct but connected settings. The first is an abandoned Salthouse at Prestwick beach on the west coast of Scotland: semi-rural, post-industrial, intertwined with the natural world yet apart from it. The second is in the corridors of the McLellan Galleries in the nearby city of Glasgow – a place once culturally…

‘The cook, the cupboard and Joan of Arc’ (2020) ‘The cook, the cupboard and Joan of Arc’ (2020)   A dreamlike product of the long lockdown, ‘The Cook, the Cupboard and Joan of Arc’ draws on the tableau vivant of early renaissance painting and the films of second wave feminist performance artists to create a commentary…

ebbtide floodtide (2020) 7:19 The setting of ebbtide floodtide – a derelict outdoor swimming pool, gradually being eroded and absorbed by the rising sea – is a place between places. The sea and the shore; the artificial and the natural; the settled past and the post-human future. The characters within the film reflect this clash…

VENTILATOR (2016) Ventilator is set in two locations; a derelict ventilation system on a rooftop in the city of Glasgow (where I live and work) and a beach on the Ayrshire coast (where I grew up). This short experimental video comprises of a mixture of animation and filmed work, with the two protagonists- a woman…

Green Head (2014,digital 6mins 20) Synopsis The action in the film revolves around a large pagan-like head covered in grass set within the post-industrial cityscape. The monologue ’50 ways to murder magic’ (Antonin Artaud 1947) running in the background, is audible intermittently. There are 3 performers 2 disguised in elaborate costumes, representing various incarnations of…

fallingame (2013 digital 4min  58 sec) A group of children play on the hillside they appear to participating in a ritual or dance. The illusion almost collapses as the children begin to laugh and their positions falter. The introduction of the masks generates an occult or mythical dimension revealing a darker parallel world. There is…

The title ‘Paraphernalia’ refers to the original meaning of the word as a woman’s belongings not included in her dowry. The film is a pastiche that uses theatrical devises and humour to explore the role-play inherent in the politics of gender.The film is set in a Victorian house and adjacent lane. There are two characters,…