Road Works, detail; Sandbags 1 Hidden Door Festival 2015, Edinburgh This installation at Hidden Door Festival in 2015, presented footage of road workers digging into the ground, late at night, mapped onto a still life of sandbags slumped on the floor of the gallery The intention of the work is duplicitous: both cynical and celebratory Laughing, and loving being observed and appreciated, the workmen represent a homage to camaraderie, and grafting for a living; surviving; learning, persevering. Meanwhile the sand bags become totemic, shamanistic; portals to an unreal world of mysterious work. With four workmen endlessly digging their way out of the sand bags, the piece simultaneously offers a sense of the bizarre. With a play on the idea of 'digging holes' ('if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging'), it takes a humorous look at the never ending process of maintaining and improving services and roads as a metaphor for life’s inherent struggle; and the futility or foolishness therein. This piece was made with the permission and input of the workers.