gorbals highlights

This is a project I organised in 2004 in one of the derelict high rise buildings in the Gorbals, where I used to live.
The aim was to celebrate the relatively short life of the building before it disappeared forever.
I felt that it was wrong that these buildings are demolished without a trace, like so many of the homes that have been part of Gorbals' heritage. The lamps in each room were connected to a computer which I programmed to generate the sequences, some of them designed by local children who lived in the tower blocks.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• gorbals
• highrise
• lighting
• illumination
• project
• art

[doogcameron]

High Rise flats are well cool

[HHattie]

Well that is absoutly fabulous !

It is interesting to trascend the notion of appartement building in this manner; home is such an emotive object and yet it needn't be in the case of so many folk, a bad thing - associated with unhappy upbrinings or step relations etc.

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Home is a psychic concept; not something that can be razed or illuminated.

cheers.

from,

del-boy.

[FKBHo]

Was it an artistic lighting show and the building was awaiting demolishion?

[freddy77777]

Hey is that the cunts that run oot aye money

[ianrangerman]

The city was Glasgow and the lights were operated by a computer

[w7svk]

what city was this in, and how were those lights operated? Looks amazing!

[xxirene44xx]

Well done to you Peter & the local children.

[ianrangerman]

I used to live in 487 Cumberland st from 1968 to 1976 ,great light show ,thanks for the memory.

[Jesussportsstar]

Spectacular mate, well in. I love highflats as well; the ones in the scheme I grew up in were all demolished (usual story) but I miss them.

[art72]

fuckin madness...love it

[kankaroo]

if you are the first to come up with that idea then thats pretty original mate ! Nice one!