Jockanory: Robert Burns and the Great British Collage Exhibition  

Orcadian artist Martin Laird reads a poem which Robert Burns scratched onto the window of an inn at Stirling in 1787, and explains how this relates to his forthcoming collage exhibition.
'An Encyclopaedia of Great British Collage, or How I Learnt To Stop Worrying And Love The Monarchy', can be seen at Northlight gallery in Stromness from Thursday 19th of September to Tuesday the 8th of October 2024, 10am to 5pm daily except Sundays.
The collages are constructed from antique journals, encyclopaedias and Royal souvenir memorabilia - primarily material concerning the 1897 Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1936 abdication of Edward VIII, and 1936 coronation of George VI.
This exhibition represents countless hours spent poring over thousands of fragile pages looking for meaningful connections, and dozens of dulled scalpel blades. Through the alchemy of collage, the leaden heads of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha/Windsor dynasty are transmuted into the Golden Gods, Kings and Queens of Babylon.
'Rule Britannia' performed on melodica.
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