This work was part of The Weird and the Eerie, a group exhibition curated by Luke Shand and Karla Healy, New Glasgow Society, 6-8 June 2024.

"The Weird and the Eerie," is a thought-provoking visual art exhibition that explores the concepts and philosophies from the book of the same name by the late Mark Fisher. Fifteen artists, including staff, students and alumni from the Glasgow School of Art have come together to expose viewers to the unknown and the disconcerting. This intense exhibition investigates the unsettling and mysterious minds of the artists who challenge perceptions of reality, surreality, darkness and the bizarre.

The work within the exhibition explores the concept of the "weird"; a reality so strange it seems it should not exist, evoking a sensation of wrongness that compels us to question its very existing and forces us to reframe of our selfhood. The "eerie" on the other hand is represented through themes of absence and uncertainty, evoking an uncomfortable, creeping feeling that unseen forces may be influencing our lives or acting beyond our control.

Each artist has approached the theme in their own unique way, often decentring the human or disrupting the status quo. In doing so they are revealing the arbitrary nature of the worlds around us. The Weird and The Eerie exhibition aims to challenge the conventional norms with its focus on the strange. By exploring forces of presence, absence and agency, all fifteen artists challenge the boundaries of common-sense understanding, awakening an unsettling sense that reality may not be what we initially understood it to be. The exhibition runs from Thursday 6th - Saturday 8th June between 11am and 4pm with a Private Viewing on 6th June from 6pm until 8pm. The event is kindly sponsored by Tunnocks and Drygate Breweries.

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