Artist Rachel Maclean transforms a vacant shop on Ayr High Street into an immersive installation.<br /><br />Taking the form of a surreal life sized toy shop where nothing is for sale, this immersive artwork transports audiences into Rachel Maclean’s dark imagination and features her animated film upside mimi ᴉɯᴉɯ uʍop.<br /><br />The work opens for the launch of JUPITER+ ,Scottish art park Jupiter Artland’s bold new programme supporting young people across Scotland through the exhibition of large scale public art commissions and ambitious creative learning programme across the country. <br /><br /><br /><br />One of Scotland’s most acclaimed artists, Rachel Maclean’s work is a timely response to the crisis facing many high streets across the country. Occupying a formerly vacant shop on Ayr’s historic high street, at first glance, Maclean’s intervention appears like any other rundown shop, a familiar sight, but on closer exploration, this shop begins to reveal itself as increasingly uncanny and fantastical. An education programme for young people in Ayr coincides - every high school in Ayrshire is being offered the opportunity to participate in green screen workshops and create their own short films inspired by Rachel's.
