William Knight
Knight Map of Glasgow Monochrome
Pen
Commissioned by Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Commissioned by Glasgow City Heritage Trust
Unframed: 54 x 116 cm
Framed: 64 x 126 x 4 cm
Framed: 64 x 126 x 4 cm
Adapting Thomas Sulman’s use of an aerial view to my repertoire of plan, section and elevation was an exciting and challenging technical opportunity which has extended my practice. Taking my...
Adapting Thomas Sulman’s use of an aerial view to my repertoire of plan, section and elevation was an exciting and challenging technical opportunity which has extended my practice. Taking my lead from Sulman’s 1864 drawing to produce a new work to encourage and enable people to see the city of today afresh, with its’ changing skyline, busy motorways and bridges, and pedestrian thoroughfares. To see across the whole city from ‘the gods’ and yet, at the same time be able to be place oneself within each and every street to view its life and buildings, is the joy of such a drawing; to see the 'tapestry' of the whole city enables one to see, and question, the places, processes and people that 'make' it, to consider what critical action might be at the micro and macro scale, from the pockets of wild land that occupy gap sites and flank railway lines, to the motorway infrastructure carving through the city; from the cavernous retail spaces, to the unique places and that attract communities and cohabitation in this great city. The drawing records the city at a moment in time, and invites reflection, criticism, celebration and speculation.