This is a walk through Glasgow and into other places, for a fragile city in a precarious time, towards hope.
Written and performed by Laura Bissell and David Overend
Sound by Matthew Whiteside. Image credit Ingrid Mur.
Funding from Edinburgh Futures Institute.
This work was shared at the Making Routes Launch on the 23rd September 2021 and was programmed as part of the Climate Portals festival which took place in November 2021 during COP26.
1. Please use your own mobile device with headphones to experience this walk.
2. The audio track is available on Soundcloud. The app can be downloaded in advance and the track is available at the link above.
3. The starting point is on the steps outside the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on Renfrew Street. The route heads down through the city and follows the length of Hope Street arriving under the bridge on Argyle Street.
4. The track can also be listened to elsewhere at other times.
5. Nobody will be left behind.
The buddleia, the butterfly bush, growing out of windows and along ledges, silhouetted on the skyline, whisper of hope.
The pigeons nestled in loft spaces, biding their time, murmur of hope.
The grasses poking through pavements, seeking the sunlight, hum of hope.
The seabirds hovering high above the urban landscape, shriek of hope.
We are here now.
We are here.
Now.
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