Space and Light 1972 Murray Grigor combined with recent footage by Luke Alexander.  The video work is part of a project titled Concrete Britain.

 

Concrete Britain/St. Peter's Seminary from Luke Alexander on Vimeo.

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I cam across a book titled: To Have And To Hold.  whilst working at the Fruitmarket Gallery.  The book outlines the current process NVA are going through to help conserve and regenerate one of Scotland's famous modernist buildings and nearby castle.  I used Cardross Seminary for a photo shoot recently and it is really interesting to see how this project evolves.. It would be great to see the place have a second life and it is truly remarkable place..  Here is a link to the NVA webiste..

 
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Last Sunday I made a visit to the old St Peters College Seminary in Cardross which is just north of Glasgow.  I traveled by train from Edinburgh through Glasgow then Dumbarton and finally to Cardross.  The idea was to take some photos of my current realisations of my Vessels work.  The Seminary was part of a Catholic Teaching college it has been abandoned since the 80's and is now overgrown and destroyed.. I chose this place due to its fallen utopia aesthetics which allow me to place the Vess...
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