I've always been interested in seeing unpopulated cities.... or vessels and containers devoid of their 'filling'. The city is a curious entity no doubt, and it seems ever more curious when you have the space and silence (outwith the grubbing about of demented shoppers and office workers) to contemplate it.
I have always wanted to document the city without its people, especially in Glasgow's case since People Make Glasgow. I've always wondered what Glasgow would look like without people. It's the paradox that attracts me. Like the desert spending most of its time in sub-zero temperatures...
Perhaps seeing the city without its people, like seeing the desert outwith its heat, will provide a cooler perspective within which to develop the necessary insight...
The post title, incidentally, comes from the Japanese book Tokyo Nobody by Masataka Nakano...
Bossing it in the Gallowgate...
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