Desk Story
If an explorer came to Glasgow and tried to decipher what they found here without context what would they make of this city?
It's a place of great contrasts. The city tries to present itself as a pinnacle of creativity and design, but it's built on foundations of steel, ships, grit and determination that flowed down a tidal river.Many of the areas that teemed with activity 100 years ago are now left to disrepair and ruin. The city that boasts the greatest greenspace to person ratio in Europe other than London also has one of the largest housing developments in the continent as well. How does a person make sense of a city with such schisms?
I moved here almost two years ago, only knowing what I had read in guide books and a four day visit 6 years prior. This desk represents my understanding of the city I now call home.
Taking inspiration from writers like Perec and Calvino, this desk attempts to tell the story of the city as I know it. Individual objects tell their own stories, but the greater narrative is in the relationships between them. Each person will draw different conclusions as to what these relationships mean and what the story is trying to say, just as each person has a different understanding of the city they inhabit.
It's a place of great contrasts. The city tries to present itself as a pinnacle of creativity and design, but it's built on foundations of steel, ships, grit and determination that flowed down a tidal river.Many of the areas that teemed with activity 100 years ago are now left to disrepair and ruin. The city that boasts the greatest greenspace to person ratio in Europe other than London also has one of the largest housing developments in the continent as well. How does a person make sense of a city with such schisms?
I moved here almost two years ago, only knowing what I had read in guide books and a four day visit 6 years prior. This desk represents my understanding of the city I now call home.
Taking inspiration from writers like Perec and Calvino, this desk attempts to tell the story of the city as I know it. Individual objects tell their own stories, but the greater narrative is in the relationships between them. Each person will draw different conclusions as to what these relationships mean and what the story is trying to say, just as each person has a different understanding of the city they inhabit.
Process—Exterior
Process—Interior