Where
Will I Make My Nest?"
is inspired by a traditional gaelic poem about a hen looking
for a place to make a nest . Set in the small crofting community
of Assynt (in NW Sutherland), the story interweaves the modern
and ancient through music and animation.
Seordag is a metal hen with a TV set body. On her quest to find
a place to make her nest, Seordag encounters a helpful seagull,
a cow-fiddle, an accordian sheep, a talking cement mixer and
Marlene, the hardy crofter. Seordags' new friends help her to
make a fabulous hen house where she lays three eggs. They hatch
into mobile phone chicks and they have a grand ceilidh.
á bàrdachd thradiseanta Ghàidhlig mu dheidhinn
cearc a' siubhal bad air son nead a dhèanamh. 'S e a'
gabhail àite ann an sgìre chroitearachd Asainte
(ann an ceann an-iarthuath Chataibh), tha an sgeul a' filleadh
sean agus ùr tron cheòl 's tron bheothachas.
Tha Seòrdag 'na circ mheatailte le bogsa TBh mar bhodhaig.
Air a rathad gu àite neadachaidh a lorg, tha i tighinn
thairis air faoileag chuideachail, bó a tha 'na fidhill,
caora a tha 'na bogsa ciùil, measgadair sameant a bhruidhneas,
agus Marlene, a tha 'na bana-chroitear dhuineil. Tha na càirdean
ùra aice ga cuideachadh gu taigh chearc mìorbhaileach
a dhèanamh far a bheil i a' breith trì uighean.
Tha iad seo a' dol 'nan iseanan fón-làimhe agus
tha céilidh sgoinneil aca.
An extract of "Càit An Dèan Mi Mo Nead?"
was performed by the Gaelic Youth Theatre at the MacPhail Theatre
on Friday Feb 24th .
Peccadilloes
Exhibited at the Visual Arts Scotland 2006 exhibition at the
Royal Society of Artists, The Mound, Edinburgh
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