Watch / The Golden Tenement by Neil McGuire and Marianne Anderson
A short film by Connolly Clark Films for Scotland Can Make It!
Created by Neil McGuire & Marianne Anderson with Elizabeth Campbell, Hamish Dobbie and Hamilton & Inches.
The Golden Tenement uses the language of architectural landmark souvenirs, and their capacity to carry a narrative, to explore how ideas of city and nation are perpetuated through national and international mega events.
It uses one instance of the eviction of a homeowner and the demolition of a property at 10 Ardenlea Street, Dalmarnock, to ask questions about ownership, regeneration, community, value and capital. The tenement, as an iconic, prevalent and successful Scottish building type, connects the idea of a built ‘legacy’ for the city with the architectural history of Glasgow.
Panel commissioned this short film about the souvenir by Connolly Clark Films, presented as part of Scotland Can Make It! in 2014.