Bratach nan Croitearan (The Crofters’ banner)
May 2026, wood, dye-sublimation print, textile, stone

‘Bratach nan Croitearan‘ takes its name from a protest poem written in 1885 by Dòmhnall MacDhòmhnaill. Found within the compilation ‘Tuath is Tighearna (Tenants and Landlords)‘, the book gathers expressive writings by Gaelic poets during the Highland Clearances and Land Agitation. These cultivated tools of defiance were channelled through this installation work as I sought to further the Land Question within a sculptural and contemporary setting.
A palisade-like fence played the role of division as it cut through the space, enforcing movement between opposing sides. The face of the barricade presents images of the poignant consequences of displacement, embodied in the ruins of Orkney and Sutherland. The back of the structure features a subtler presence of Land Agitation with a photographic series of Southern Scottish sheep fanks, a destructive symbol of   English industrial farming practises imposed onto the Scottish landscape.