Marc Cairns is a architectural designer, gallerist and project director based in Glasgow.
Co-founder and director of Pidgin Perfect, a mutli-award winning creative studio established in 2012 and based in Glasgow which places community at the heart of their projects. Pidgin Perfect proudly represented Scotland at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale as part of the project 'Critical Dialogues', the project also received the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy Medal for Architecture.
In Spring 2012 Marc began his role as a director at MANY, an arts organisation and studio provider located in the Merchant City of Glasgow. In this role, Marc also supports the development and programming of The Telfer Gallery, an artist led contemporary art gallery and events space hosted by MANY Studios.
This is a diaristic blog by Marc which documents his working and personal life.
Follow Marc on Twitter and Instagram; @marcgcairns
Heading back to Sunset Park with @kmazing84 after attending the premiere of @paolostella last film in the Lower East Side, NYC… π #nyc #newyork #manhattan #les #usa #america #film #premiere #subway #metro #tube #leather #guy #scruff #beard #gingham #gpoy #selfie #scot #scottish (at Broadway-Lafayette)
Yay! World Premiere of ‘The Small Potatoes Movie’ in Soho as part of the New York International Children Film Festival! @kmazing84 worked on this film for a year! Woo! π #nyc #newyork #manhattan #usa #america #film #festival #small #potatoes #animation #disney #little #airplane #production #toddler #kids #tv #guy #beard #proud #yay (at Scholastic Theatre, Soho)
Very privileged to have a private tour of ‘Cloud Hosting’ organised by Tim Saltarelli at Rachel Uffner Gallery this morning. The exhibition, with work from various Danish artists including Ditte Gantriis and Benjamin Hirte, discusses the office environment and is delivered in partnership with Christian Anderson, Copenhagen. #nyc #newyork #manhattan #usa #america #gallery #exhibition #denmark #copenhagen #office #installation #sculpture #print #video #film #screen #blind #plasters #posters #danish #arts #artists #curator (at Rachel Uffner Gallery)
Tonight I represented @pidginperfect at ‘Pop Up Programmers’ hosted by @CCA_Glasgow to present our process, portfolio of work and last months #GirlWalk temporary cinema project for @GlasgowFilm. Thanks to everyone who came along! #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #architecture #art #design #discussion #community #popup #cinema #festival #lecture #film (at Centre for Contemporary Arts)
Shooting today with @pmacgregor and @myrboo on the site of last months #GirlWalk project. We were being interviewed for a short documentary being made about the collaboration between @pidginperfect and the @glasgowfilmfest to deliver the temporary cinema project. The short documentary will be premiered at my presentation on Thursday night at @CCAGlasgow… π₯π¦π #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #pidginperfect #cinema #film #documentary #interview #stalledspaces #temporary #camera #mic #clyde #river (at Clyde Walkway)