Glasgow Requiem is a 5-year creative programme spanning public ceremony, community archaeology, horticultural design, sound works, live performance and imaginative responses to Glasgow’s mediaeval roots, pre-industrial history and founding mythologies.
GLASGOW REQUIEM
PROGRAMME
The Well is the latest programme as part of Glasgow Requiem. The ancient well, hidden for centuries in the lower church of Glasgow Cathedral, has been reawakened as Glasgow's Wellspring, through a major new project by Aproxima.
The Well uncovered and reinterpreted the sacred site, once central to Glasgow’s foundation story, through archaeology, contemporary art, and music - marking the city’s 850th anniversary in 2025.
Film by Chris Leslie
Journey through the oldest parts of the city of Glasgow with this immersive self-guided audio tour, narrated and hosted by Gary Lewis (Billy Elliot, Outlander).
Beginning in Townhead and taking in iconic landmarks such as the Royal Infirmary, Cathedral and Necropolis, this captivating audio walk will lead you through some of the city’s most visited places and uncover some of the hidden lives and stories they’re built on. The Walk is a hosted audio stream and available to listen to at any time.
The Necropolis - Glasgow's great silent 'City of the Dead' contains over 50,000 burials, it is well known for the grand memorials to the richer residents of the city, built from 1836 onwards.
Less well known is that the cemetery contains 21,000 common or unmarked graves, where people were buried as their families or friends could not afford the price of a headstone or lair.
Aproxima began Glasgow Requeim with a series of plantings and celebrations to mark and commemorate the forgotten with a living memorial.
Film by Chris Leslie
