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Bannock / Romancing / Landlord /          3 proverbs:
            Kilmarnock, Dundee, Stornoway, Montrose
            digital print, 2007, A6, edition of 10    Dh’ith e chuid den bhonnach-shodail -
                                                      he ate his share of the flattery bannock
            Hang in line of 4 in order as above, left to right
            Printed by The Summerhall Press, Edinburgh  Thoir thairis do bhòilich -
                                                      be done with your romancing
            Kind thanks to:
            Paul Harrison, Visual Research Centre     Fàs a’ ghruinnd a rèir an uachdarain -
                                                      the yield of the ground is according to the landlord

                                                      Kilmarnock, Dundee, Stornoway, Montrose is trying to hit
                                                      on a Gaelic shorthand – a test of 4 placenames entitling 4
                                                      psalms, a broad and not uncomplicated trigger alone – but
                                                      like the chosen proverbs, spare.
                                                             It has been variously proposed that language
                                                      is not experience but a means to organise experience. The
                                                      prints are the ‘organising’ of a few basic visuals on what is
                                                      latent in the duo of Gaelic & Scots.
                                                             As an aside, the word ‘taisbeanadh’ is  used for
                                                      ‘exhibition’ but also for ‘revelation’.




















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