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15/11/2012 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
Insect Hotels installed at Carntyne Wasteland. These are made from material salvaged from the site – scrap metal and wood.
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26/08/2012 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
Justin Carter visits the Wasteland site in Sydney.
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24/08/2012 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
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18/05/2012 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
I found this article a few years ago about a radish in Japan which had managed to dislodge a paving slab. It also made me think about Japanese Knotweed which is said to be able to penetrate concrete with it’s ... more »
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18/05/2012 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
The site in Glasgow has been parcelled up and put on the market. Scottish Power are doing some work on the power lines.
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03/03/2012 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
I have been monitoring the site in Cartntyne almost daily, but due to a different routine the site in the centre of town has felt slightly out of my ‘field of vision’ recently. The most remarkable thing to report is ... more »
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09/01/2012 - Alex Head - Glasgow, Scotland
While staying in Glasgow I approached the site on Bath Street arriving from the West End. The fencing provided by Avant Guarde Security has been breached several times and at different points. I choose to enter through a small hole ... more »
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29/08/2011 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
I recently carried out some historical research on my site at 193-195 Pitt Street and 24 Bath Street. The entire footprint of this wasteland (2,535 square yards) used to be covered by a single building – Elgin Place Congregational Church, ... more »
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08/08/2011 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
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08/08/2011 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
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20/07/2011 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
Does it make sense to reply to myself? Perhaps..(maybe this is the process of reflection) Anyway, I made an effort to identify all of the wildflower on the site, obviously excluding the other forms of vegetation like trees, lichen, mosses ... more »
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19/07/2011 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
Because these sites are fenced off there is an inevitable feeling of anxiety linked to ‘trespassing’. To counteract this feeling I placed these ‘Welcome’ signs next to the gaps in the fence, which hopefully serve to break down this psychological ... more »
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15/07/2011 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
Allan Giddy (from Sydney) visited me in Glasgow on his way from Ireland where he recently had a show. We made a visit to the wasteland site on Bath Street which turned out to be opposite his hotel. Since I ... more »
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20/06/2011 - Lars Hayer - Glasgow, Scotland
Defying eruptive islandic timetable sabotage, an improvised
(and unanounced) speed visit of the Glasgow Site by Berlin explorer.
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18/04/2011 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
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18/04/2011 - Justin Carter - Glasgow, Scotland
There was this wasteland site that I walked through each day on my way to work. It lay between the rail track and Old Shettleston Road in Carntyne. People would use it mainly for walking their dogs and for a ... more »
While staying in Glasgow I approached the site on Bath Street arriving from the West End. The fencing provided by Avant Guarde Security has been breached several times and at different points. I choose to enter through a small hole in the fencing on Pitt Street. The makeshift structure described above is now scattered and dismantled, the length of carpet, brick fire-circle and a box of clothes frozen in water providing the few traces.
I became interested in the outskirts of the wasteland which have accumulated a rich layering of trash and debris, flung over the fence and building up inside. In addition the edge bears the scars that result from the repeated breaks-ins and repairs to the fence. Recognisable by the handiwork of it’s construction some of the former structure too has found it’s way to the periphery of the space, the fencing at the edge. This boundary has become a pallet of the obscure objects and materials available for improvised construction within the wasteland. It felt as though the boundaries between the undeveloped space of the wasteland and the more formal, official city thereafter, describe the recent history of the site most apparently.