The use of a shop window to present an artwork is a curious one. The viewer is separated from the work by a sheet of glass, in one instant suggesting the glass that covers a precious painting or reminding us of our relationship to an exclusion shop, the unobtainable item placed safely inside. And yet at the same time the audience stand on the relatively neutral ground of the pavement, where an Art Critic is given no privileges over the Saturday Shopper. We all have a desire for something, and we all believe this something will lead us to a better life.

For the site of 52, Bell Street in Glasgow’s Merchant City I propose to work with our expectations of an artwork, our desire that it will bring fulfilment, spiritual awakening or extensive insight. I will spend the first week making the work in the space, using materials similar to those I find there.