Reading Forms: A Site Specific Project at Innerpeffray Library May 2nd-31st 2025

Exhibition opening night at Innerpeffray Library Friday May 2nd 6-9pm

Scotlands first free public lending Library; Innerpeffray Library, is the location for a Site-specific project ‘Reading Forms’. A series of printed textile sculptures will display new configurations of the functional archival objects used to study the rare books at Innerpeffray. Narratives printed across the forms will discuss ideas of perspective, place and relevance.

Working with historic locations and venues I create site-specific work, begining by studying the various facets of the site; it’s history, architecture, plantlife, folklore, the sites layers of information. In researching and developing this material, new visual narratives emerge and develop into printed textile and paper works, responding to the site. The work intends to draw visitors into these well-trodden places, to explore and experience its history, through a new lens.

This project began with a VACMA award and extended self funded development period. Following this research and development, including a sharing event of this work in April 2023 supported by Innerpeffray Library, I was awarded Creative Scotland funding to complete a site-specific exhibition of this work.

With Libraries disappearing from our national landscape, ‘Reading Forms’ reaches out to address the importance of these resources and their potential as evolving Creative Community spaces.

Dates for tours and an artists talk covering the project, will shared here soon!

Visit the Innerpeffray Library website here to find out more about this incredible piece of Scottish history. Ticketing information for the free tours and the artists talk will be avaible to book via the Innerpeffray Library website.