Page 59 - Art First: Helen MacAlister: At the Foot o’ Yon Excellin’ Brae

Bannock / Romancing / Landlord / 3 proverbs:
Kilmarnock, Dundee, Stornoway, Montrose
digital print, 2007, 105 x 148mm, 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’.