LEAVE WITH LESS

there's something about a keg room, or any space like it.
it gives you a moment to breathe, and to reflect on yourself and your community.
that's what this video is trying to capture.

maybe.

maybe i just wanted to make something.

MOTORWAY

roaming the streets of
glasgow at night with █████, we shared a moment on a bridge overlooking the motorway.

travellers on the motorway
are in limbo, unsettled.
we witnessed these
travellers in the midst of their journeys, a brief connection.

and then they were gone.

NOSEDIVE

a collection of short clips from my monthly video era. i made this video to celebrate my friends, my environment and my normality.

all footage is in chronological order and ranges from december 2022 to october 2023.

enjoy! =D

DE MARTES A MARTES

visiting barcelona always re-ignites something in me, but it's getting harder to leave.

my childhood and adulthood are so cleanly divided by space, going back brings up a version of me that i didn't know was still there.

been thinking of moving back and seeing how that version of me turns out.

10/23

the last video in the monthly series, this month i was settling into glasgow and my new flat with █████.

change brings short-term happiness, and balancing that with routine is increasingly hard.
periods like the one in this video provide a fresh glow to every experience.

at least for me.

SAUSAGE

sometimes it's hard to see yourself in childhood recordings, i mean properly.

this footage is one of the few times i've really connected with little me. in the hours i spent editing this, i really started feel my presence in the toddler on my screen.

i have good fucking parents.

08-09/23

taking some recovery time at my parents.

didn't get much footage.

did what i could.



dogs.

07/23

spent most of this month locked away in my room with the curtains shut listening to podcasts.

not doing very well.

even st pauls carnival couldn't delay my inevitable return to glasgow.

miss you bristol X

06/23

slowly descending into the depths. busy at work, idle at home.

really questioning my university course.

is any of it worth it?

i love my friends but am i really here with them?

just keep filming.

05/23

working hard. all the time. always busy. can't stop. doesn't feel like i have a moment to myself.

and suddenly i do.

the last assignment has been submitted, and now i have space to think.

too much space.

HOTPOT

camping with charlie and █████ in september 2022. we got on the ferry to the isle of arran.

charlie found some marmalade in a bush, presumably a gift left by a previous traveller.

we made our way onwards toward the devils hotpot, drawn in by it's beauty.

the most free i have felt in a long time.

04/23

look at all my cool friendssss, look at themm!

big thank you to lily, cronky, aidan and everyone that made my life in bristol better.

big up sonny for visiting me and being there always.

most of the end footage is from the twentieth,
we were cooked.

03/23

visiting my parents and community up in glasgow,
a much needed change from routine.

back in bristol, snow also brings change, and a trip
to the shops turns into
a day out.

then the snow melts and with it the new fun thing that made life not so shit.

back to work.

02/23

genuinely my favourite video i've made i think. but thats maybe because there was so much to document this month.

bristol had so much going on the whole time i was there,
the only difference this month is i had the motivation to capture it.

i was excited about what i was doing.

01/23

this is the first video i filmed and edited at the same time. i got impatient.

bristol really shines in this one.

the small gigs, the gaffs, the silly shit.

the moments i wouldn't remember.

WEST HIGHLAND WAY 2017

a 7 day hike i did with my mum when i was 14.

it's mostly pictures throughout, but on the second day i started "vlogging", taking the piss out of vlog youtube.

my mum wasn't sure to begin with but you can see her warming to it, we had a great time.

i love my mum.

12/22

the first video filmed on the tape camera that i use for everthing now.

clearly very christmas themed but it was originally intended as more of a family video? not sure.

can't remember.

still holds up to be fair.

WEDNESDAY AT MCNEILLS

gary used to come into mcneills on a wednesday night and play his trojan reggae vinyl, but from 10 till 11 anyone could bring in their own and play to the pub.

this night was magic.

the characters, the variety of music, everythig added up to a mad adventure.

i think i got it pretty good.

00013.mp4

doing a thing you've never done before for the first time is something recognized.

the most excited i've ever seen a group of skaters was a beginner ollying the macba three block.
other people had done crazier tricks that day, but it was his moment.

everyone could see, he'd never gotten this far before.

NAUGHTY TOMATO

skating with mahadeeha and █████ at kingston DIY.

being silly and having fun on a skateboard, celebrating our mediocrity.

every trick we do in this video is barely considered a trick, but it made us feel cool as fuck.

big up shitey skateboarders.

WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE

this skate edit, as well as the later unreleased one, ended up as a window into my life and community in bristol.

the spots, characters and general vibes in this video are all reminiscent of a certain tumultuous period in my life.

but it's fucking great to look back on.