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
@red_rach, @BGHManders and I took a lovely trip to #Edinburgh today for a private tour of ‘The Executioner Executes Himself’ by Alfie Strong at @EmbassyGallery. Great new work by Alfie! #scotland #uk #scots #art #gallery #exhibition #sculpture #installation #green #walls #artists #curators #producers #designers #fashion #tour (at Embassy Gallery)
St. Patrick’s Day ‘Beer Adventure’ to the Captain Lawrence Brewery in North White Plains, NY with @valmontgod and @kmazing84! So much fun and so much delicious beer! #nyc #newyork #usa #scots #beer #brewery #stpatricks #drunk #crunk #consume #guy #girl #beard #scruff #blonde #blondie #cutie #green #irish (at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company)
‘Snorlax Beanbag’ by Oliver Braid, with scenography by It’s Our Playground and films by @PaulKindersley. Presented at Intermedia Gallery, @CCA_Glasgow until Saturday 2nd February… #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #art #artist #artwork #green #cream #sculpture #oliverbraid (at Centre for Contemporary Arts)
Back in Glasgow for one evening only, @blakhat presents the first of six presentations part of the Pecha Kucha themed around #colour which he curated for @The_Lighthouse. #design #colourblind #art #architecture #discussion #pechakucha #green #guy #cute #lecture #presentations #roses #violets #red #blue (at The Lighthouse)
Back in 2010, @kmazing84 and I used to picnic at ‘our spot’ in Central Park and he’d take photographs of me as I jumped off things wearing hard soled brogues… my poor wee shins! #tbt #throwbackthursday #nyc #newyork #manhattan #usa #us #instacool #photography #green #park #guy #jumping #fashion #fredperry #clarks #silly #cute #besttimeever #memories x (at Central Park )