For The Islands I Sing

Jordan MacRae (b. 1996, Paisley) is a Glasgow-based artist-filmmaker working with analog technologies to create moving image and sound works. MacRae’s multi-layered, textural films present sonic and visual journeys to spend time with. They are frequently inspired by the richness that Scotland, its land, its people, and its history has to offer. They use chance and serendipity as characters, and often celebrate overlooked aspects of historical life in contemporary settings. They wander and focus on forgotten details, and in this way present unexpected moments of resistance. The films linger wherever the eye and ear are drawn, and are driven by the need to create spaces that allow slowness, stillness, reflection, and an opportunity to connect with whatever we allow ourselves to notice within these spaces. MacRae has worked freelance through-out the UK and internationally, directing music promos and shooting documentaries worldwide. His work has been featured at Aesthetica, Dazed, and Gstaad, where he won Young Filmmaker of the Festival. Now, Jordan focuses on experimental cinema, independently creating Super 8 and 16mm films and composing sound design.