in the guise of the commonplace – Glasgow International 2026

May 25, 2026 2:10 pm

5th – 21st June (Mon-Sun) | open 11am – 6pm

Opening: 6th June ~ 6.30pm – 8pm

Close up shot of a pair of hands peeling an orange next to two other oranges that are yet to be peeled. They are cradled in a blue plastic grocery bag. The handle of a knife can be seen nearby on the table that everything is resting on. The still is from footage shot on 16mm. — Still from *safe keeping*, Hannan Jones, 2026.

in the guise of the commonplace brought together new moving-image works by Glasgow-based artist Hannan Jones and Mira Adoumier and Carine Doumit of the Beirut-formed collective The Camelia Committee. Developed in tandem over the last year through conversation and exchange, the exhibition reflects the resonances between their practices.

Moving between Glasgow, Marseille, Beirut and other unsettled landscapes, and working at geographical, temporal and psychic edges, the artists attend to low-level signals — murmurs, vibrations and traces — through which histories leak and circulate.

Hannan Jones traces colonial afterlives through migration, approaching the city as a site of sonic and spatial echoes. The Camelia Committee turn toward prophecy and the collapse of futurity, treating the oracle as an apparatus of listening rather than authority.

As part of the exhibition, the Market Gallery Committee — Emmy Yoneda, Marguerite Carson, Mina Heydari-Waite and Myles Westman — have collaboratively written a text in conversation with the artists’ research, rushes, scripts, images, fragments and works in progress. The publication will be presented alongside the works in the space, and copies will be available to take away in exchange for a donation (of any amount) towards The Sameer Project.

Seven stone columns standing at varying heights can be seen in the distance, behind a grassy hill in the foreground. The footage could have been taken in the early hours of the morning or at dusk. The sky is a very pale powder blue with one tiny, cloud in it. — Still from *Even the oracle cannot avert fate*, Mira Adoumier, 2026.

The silhouette of four people sitting on a bench in a dark gallery space with their back to the camera. They are watching a two-channel moving image work which is playing in the background. The left channel of the work shows video taken of a mirrored surface reflecting seven people walking on the street below. The right channel of the work shows a thin oval silhouette against a hazy sky.

Photograph taken in a dark gallery space corner with a projected image on the left wall, showing a large hand with red painted fingernails pointing to the right. In the background you can see a clouded sky. In the foreground of the image there are two benches sitting back to back with five sets of headphones visible.

Photograph taken in a dark gallery space with a projected image on the right side of the wall, showing a series of sandstone archways made of large rectangular stones. In the foreground of the photograph, there are two benches sitting back to back with six sets of headphones visible.

A projected image in a dark space showing a statue of a person slightly reclined with one arm hanging down to their side and the other with their head resting on top. The statue is raised from the ground and sits in front of a yellow wall. The shadow of a tree covers the woman with dappled sunlight coming through. The video has been taken outdoors.

The silhouette of two people sitting on a bench watching a two-channel moving image projected on to the wall in a dark gallery space. The left channel of the video work shows a group of people playing basketball outdoors in the sun. The right channel shows a building with boarded up windows.

A photograph of a person flicking through a publication resting on a wooden display shelf. The publication is on white paper with blue images and dark green text which is not visible or legible in the image. The person is wearing a long sleeve black adidas top and only their arms are visible in the photograph.

A close up photograph of a window vinyl. The vinyl is black with transparent cut out text reading: IN THE GUISE OF THE COMMONPLACE. The text has a leafy motif throughout it hiding some of the letters.

A two-channel video work projected on to a wall in a dark gallery space. Almost non-visible, two people sit on the far end of a bench facing the work. The left channel shows tram lines on a cobbled road with a red haze over the top. The right channel shows a person peeling an orange with two other oranges nestled in a blue plastic bag close by. The image is close up so you can only see the person's arms and the oranges, bag and table top.

A photo of a projected video work in the corner of a dark gallery space. The video shows a person knelt down sanding a concrete floor. In the background there are unused bumper cars. There is a reflection in the window in the space to the left of the projected image which faintly shows an image of a person sitting down at a dock overlooking a block of flats. In the foreground of the image there are two benches back to back with six sets of headphones resting on top.

A photo of a projected video work on the right hand side of a wall in a dark gallery space. The video shows a person sitting down on the sand at the beach, with the sea and a skyline of buildings in the background. In the foreground of the image there are two benches back to back with six sets of headphones resting on top.

A group of people stand in front of a flat-roofed brick building painted green. The entrance to the space is on the far right of the wall facing the camera and is open. There are two navy blue barricades on the left hand side of the image next to the road with double yellow lines. Some people in the image are standing and talking to one another. three people on the far left of the image are sitting or crouched down. There is large window that is blacked out by black viny.

The sign above the window on the left reads: Market Gallery

The sign above the window on the right reads: 13 Ross Street