Ravenscraig - A Fragile Correspondence

Artwalk & Outdoor Film Screening

North Lanarkshire residents and folks from further afield are invited to a unique evening of creativity, community and conversation on the site of Ravenscraig on Tuesday June 10th as part of the Architecture Fringe Festival.

This free event offers a fresh way to experience this landscape - through an artist-led walk and a spectacular outdoor film screening. The featured artists hail from or are based in North Lanarkshire, bringing a personal connection to the landscape and its history.

Frank McElhinney, co-leading the Artwalk, was born in Craigneuk, while his collaborator Hamshya Rajkumar is currently based in Motherwell. Writer and artist Amanda Thomson grew up in Kilsyth.

Their unique perspectives and deep ties to North Lanarkshire bring a meaningful and locally-rooted dimension to the creative work and the events.

Artwalk
Explore Ravenscraig Like Never Before – Artwalk with Tine Collective
Tuesday 10th June 2025
16:45 - 18:15

Join artists Frank McElhinney and Hamshya Rajkumar of Tine Collective for an interactive and sensory Artwalk through Ravenscraig. Once Scotland’s largest steelworks, this landscape now represents a mix of post-industrial history and nature’s quiet resilience. This creative workshop encourages participants to observe and respond directly to the site, alongside the artists, in a truly immersive experience.

Outdoor Film Screening
‘Boundary Layers’ by Amanda Thomson
Tuesday 10th June 2025
18:30 - 19:30

As the evening sets in, viewers can feast their eyes on a special outdoor screening of Boundary Layers by writer and artist Amanda Thomson, which is a 16-minute film responding to Ravenscraig's past and present. The film is a component part of the exhibition, 'A Fragile Correspondence' co-curated by the Architecture Fringe, -ism magazine and /other which represented Scotland at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. Amanda will introduce the screening alongside project partners, giving an insight into the film’s inspirations and themes; landscape, language and transformation.

The Core Programme for the Architecture Fringe 2025 has been made possible through the support of Creative Scotland Multi-Year Funding, Moxon Architects, Helen Lucas Architects, and Collective Architecture.