Papers by Patrick Macklin
Heima – An exploration of ‘Viewing (How do we perceive objects?)’ An examination of the relations... more Heima – An exploration of ‘Viewing (How do we perceive objects?)’ An examination of the relationship between citizens and city space; and more immediately, the potential of sound to evoke, describe and delineate the parameters of domestic environments. Currently under development – with specialist acoustic design input from Arup – are a series of acoustic models of two dwellings, a typical mid-19thC tenement apartment – as found in the North Woodside area of Glasgow, now demolished – and its late 1960’s high-rise replacement, still standing. Using the original working drawings of both spaces, to create ambient audio representations of three dimensional space, the work will directly compare the effect and narrative potential of sound within such spaces, and seek to challenge the dominance of the visual in archival representation, of now vanished or significantly reconstructed places (in this instance mid19th–mid 20thC North Woodside in Glasgow, which was for a brief period, one of th...
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Interior Archipelago–Postcards from Our Islands is an international design project that captures ... more Interior Archipelago–Postcards from Our Islands is an international design project that captures the familiar interior transformed during this time. It was first proposed in March 2020, close to when the virus was given its name, COVID–19. The design studio’s in the three participating institutions were each experiencing impacts, lockdowns and prohibitions of varying durations and differing intensities, the moment of harvesting contributions was subject to appropriate delays. Time had become elastic within a broader global context of restriction, false-dawns and anxiety. This collection of postcard-sized images began forming in December 2020 as a second wave and new-variants were emerging. A communal and public website is the repository for these. Contributors were asked to share their interior representations, descriptions and locations. These near-sighted perspectives draw into focus emerging issues previously blurred. Contributions show how new areas of the interior have come to ...
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Memory Launderette This abstract looks at memory and genius loci in the city of Glasgow, Scotland... more Memory Launderette This abstract looks at memory and genius loci in the city of Glasgow, Scotland and the city-state of Singapore. It draws initially on spectral recollections and ficto-critical writing, then explores work produced from a shared Art School, Interior Design studio project. It compares both places in order to explore the fragmented nature of ruptured utopian visions on each and seeks to reconcile these in the final part of the paper. The first section explores the logic behind the shaping of each place. Utilising partial and autobiographical approaches to layered and complex content it draws on both archive and anecdote in order to reassert the essence of that which has been lost. Focus then shifts to a reflection on contemporary ways of living through student’s studio projects. These explore rooms and recipes; objects and materials; patterns and decoration; conversion and demolition in customised, compartmentalised and high-density dwellings. Project emphasis placed ...
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The paper focuses on memory and genius loci in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and the city-state ... more The paper focuses on memory and genius loci in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and the city-state of Singapore. It describes a work in progress. Drawing initially on spectral recollections and ficto-critical writing it proceeds to explore work produced from a Design School studio project–which compared both places in order to explore the fragmented nature of ruptured utopian visions within each–and, in its concluding section, seeks to reconcile these unfulfilled ambitions by offering a framework for their application in untypical configurations through objects. The work emerged from a study exploring the nature of high density dwelling in Glasgow, expressed in the form of the Victorian tenement and the mid-20th C tower block. It utilised partial and autobiographical approaches to layered and complex content, drawing on both archive and anecdote in order to reassert the essence of that which has been lost or forgotten, and that which has been recovered or reasserted. Focus shifted to ...
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Suspect Culture was Scotland’s leading experimental theatre company between 1993 and 2009. Based ... more Suspect Culture was Scotland’s leading experimental theatre company between 1993 and 2009. Based in Glasgow, it was formed of a core group of associate artists who collaborated in making groundbreaking, high quality new work which gained an international reputation. Over the course of its 16-year history the company worked with some of the most respected artists and organizations in the UK and internationally, and made a significant contribution to the British theatre scene of the 1990s and early 2000s. Described by the Scotsman on Sunday as ‘Scottish theatre’s major creative powerhouse’ and by The Times as ‘the most adventurous, most in-tune-with-the-times theatre company in Britain’, Suspect Culture have had a quietly decisive impact on British theatre. This book surveys the company’s history and ideas and includes an overview of the Company by David Greig; co-founder, writer, dramaturg and sometime actor with Suspect Culture and the perspective of the Company from Brazilian director and writer Mauricio Paroni de Castro, one of Suspect Culture’s many international artistic associates. Also included here are the previously unpublished playtexts of three of its most celebrated shows, Timeless, Mainstream and Lament (all created by the company with text by David Greig).
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Over the course of its 16-year history the company worked with some of the most respected artists and organizations in the UK and internationally, and made a significant contribution to the British theatre scene of the 1990s and early 2000s. Described by the Scotsman on Sunday as ‘Scottish theatre’s major creative powerhouse’ and by The Times as ‘the most adventurous, most in-tune-with-the-times theatre company in Britain’, Suspect Culture have had a quietly decisive impact on British theatre.
This book surveys the company’s history and ideas and includes an overview of the Company by David Greig; co-founder, writer, dramaturg and sometime actor with Suspect Culture and the perspective of the Company from Brazilian director and writer Mauricio Paroni de Castro, one of Suspect Culture’s many international artistic associates. Also included here are the previously unpublished playtexts of three of its most celebrated shows, Timeless, Mainstream and Lament (all created by the company with text by David Greig).