Hopeless Response to Coral Green and Viking Blue 2023

Hopeless Response to Coral Green and Viking Blue (January 2023) is an A1 photographic collage made from images taken within the Dumbiedykes housing estate in Edinburgh.

The work responds directly to the repainting of the tower blocks in Coral Green and Viking Blue, colours chosen to soften the estate’s appearance within the wider city. Rather than addressing the realities of the site, this intervention prioritised how the buildings are seen, particularly from outside perspectives.

By fragmenting and collaging the imagery, the work disrupts this surface-level framing, presenting the estate as layered and unresolved. It reflects on how colour and image can be used to reshape perception, questioning who these visual decisions are really for.