Cardross Seminary Film, Building, News, Frank Spedding, RSAMD, Scotland

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Space and Light : Portrait by Murray Grigor of St Peter's Seminary
 

Location: just north of Cardross, nr Helensburgh Architects: Gillespie Kidd & Coia Date built: 1958-66/8; closed 1980 Space and Light 1972 & Space and Light Revisited 2009 - World Premiere Films by Murray Grigor A two-screen presentation with a live performance of the film score. Date: 21 Sep Venue: RSAMD, Glasgow Space and Light was a wordless portrait of St Peter's Seminary, Cardross. With its haunting score the film captured the flow of spaces and play of light in a day in the life of this modernist masterpiece, Space and Light Revisited - supported by a Creative Scotland Award - is a painstaking shot-by-shot recreation of the original film, made earlier this year in the now derelict rubble-strewn husk. The score will be conducted by Rory Boyle - a protégée of the film's composer Frank Spedding - and performed by musicians associated with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Space and Light : PDF - 640kb Cardross Seminary : main page Scotland's Shame photos © Neale Smith "The months and years go by yet nothing concrete is done to help this building. It is time the Scottish Government step in to arrest the decay". Adrian Welch Panoramic view of the hall : Cardross Seminary Panorama once loaded, just click + drag the mouse to be able to view all around EXPLORING RUINED SAINT PETER'S : YouTube film 5mins SCOTLAND'S CREEPIEST BUILDINGS - ST. PETER'S, CARDROSS : YouTube film 3.10mins St Peters Seminary : Letters Cardross Seminary article in full Gillespie Kidd & Coia

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