"Juglares"

In Medieval Spain the ‘Juglares’ carried with them boards on which the often-illiterate townspeople and peasants, would draw their news. These were then 'broadcast' by Juglares travelling and displaying the boards in neighbouring towns and villages. This was journalism in its infancy.

 

Informed by the concept of the ‘Juglares’ in September 2017, I set out on a journey. I walked from Glasgow, home to Dundee via Edinburgh with a rolled-up canvas in a bid to capture the zeitgeist of the central lowlands of Scotland.  I invited people to add their thoughts, feelings, and opinions to my canvas in each town and village I travelled through. These culminated in a display of ideas ranging from personal grievances to motivational comments. 

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Images and text from the canvas carried on my journey have been inscribed as a decorative relief on the surfaces of the bells, which I’ve cast in Bronze. The handles are made from the wood of a stick I found and carried on my journey. The bells allow the viewer to ring them and declare their news.