'I am the Great Sun' is a 7min long digital experimental film. It was made in response to the landscape the film is set within. The prehistoric site on the southern side of the Isle of Arran with views over the ocean to the Alisa Craig an ancient rock was a catalyst for creating this film. I was compelled to create this film after the experience of walking in the island landscape, struck by an uncanny feeling, witnessing the aftermath of violence, the damage inflicted during the decimation of the forest. My aim in making the film was to depict the alien power and beauty of the natural world, and the pathos of human attempts to control it. The film is part of a series of four experimental film works that explore Timothy Morton’s idea 'ecogneocis'.

The film was screened at: ‘The Play of Life and Non-Life in Landscapes of Abandonment’
04.12.25
Reid Lecture Theatre, Glasgow School of Art

The event entitled 'The Play of Life and Non-Life in Landscapes of Abandonment’ was open to the public as well as staff and students from across GSA and was hosted by the Reading Landscape Group with guest speaker Professor Carl Lavery. The evening included talks by Carl and myself, the screening of I am the Great Sun' followed by a panel discussion led by Peter McCaughey. 'The Play of Life and Non-Life in Landscapes of Abandonment’ was introduced by Michael Mersinis.