Martin S. Laird

Artist | film-maker | animator

Category: Animation & Film-making

Films and animations by Orcadian artist and animator Martin Laird.

  • Strathallan’s Lament

    Strathallan’s Lament: A Jockanory Burns Night Special From 17:45pm GMT on the 25th of January 2025 a Jockanory Burns night special will be available to watch on YouTube. I perform a reading of Robert Burns’ poem Strathallan’s Lament, and a melodica rendition of the accompanying tune by Edinburgh school-master Allan Masterton (featuring at least one…

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    Martin Laird
    An image of Scottish artist Martin Laird taken from his Jockanory 2025 Burns Night reading of Robert Burns' poem Strathallan's Lament. Black and white posterized image with text reading 17:45.

  • Arty Farty Watch Party!

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    Join Orkney artists Martin Laird & Vernon Bradley for the online premiere of their film Dimittit In Artes, live on YouTube, Friday 28th June 2024. https://www.youtube.com/live/KwvDyvN52PY?si=29lyjV5XY5klccoT

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    Martin Laird
    Dimittit In Artes: Arty Farty Watch Party! Vernon Bradley and Martin Laird acting like fools at the premiere of their film in meat space in Stromness. Join them for the online streaming premiere on YouTube on Friday 28th June at 8.30pm BST.

  • Dimittit In Artes premiere

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    Vernon Bradley: Dimittit In Artes – premiere A new film by Martin Laird about fellow Orkney-based artist Vernon Bradley will premiere on Friday the 7th of June 2024 in Stromness Community Centre, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £5 and can be purchased on the door. The film is entitled Dimittit In Artes, which is part of…

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    Martin Laird
    Vernon Bradley: Dimittit In Artes, a film by Martin Laird. Vernon faces off against a skull-faced psychopomp. Both are wearing berets. Desaturated except for the colour red which dominates a painting by Vernon Bradley in the background. Film premiere poster. Friday 7th June 2024, Stromness Community Centre, 7.30pm. Tickets £5 on the door. One person will win one of Vernon's paintings.

  • Hall of Clestrain – John Rae Society film

    A short film about restoring the former home of Orcadian Arctic explorer Dr John Rae. Watch online. Filmed by Martin Laird in aid of the John Rae Society.

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    Martin Laird
    Hall of Clestrain, birthplace of the Arctic explorer John Rae. We will be restoring this place. Help build the road to the Arctic - visit www.johnraesociety.com.

  • Blackening

    I Once Loved A Lass (Orkney Blackening) The following images are video still-frames showing Orcadian weddings and blackenings taking place around the Merkit Cross and St Magnus Cathedral on Broad Street in Kirkwall. These events feature in a forthcoming music video produced for Sikkersnapper – an arrangement of the ancient ballad I Once Loved A…

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    Martin Laird
    Sikkersnapper - I Once Loved A Lass (Orkney Blackening) music video still-frame showing wedding guests entering St Magnus Cathedral. One man in a suit strides out of the shot.

  • The Stronsay Limpet

    Orcadian Stories – Bruce Fletcher: The Stronsay Limpet Bruce Fletcher is the editor of The Stronsay Limpet, a newsletter for the people living on the island of Stronsay in Orkney. Bruce was interviewed for Orcadian Stories, as series of short films which were produced by Martin Laird for The Orkney News for Scotland’s Year of…

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    Martin Laird
    Bruce Fletcher, editor of the Stronsay Limpet. A black and white portrait photograph of Bruce pictured in his kitchen, wearing a chequered shirt and glasses with a calm, but serious expression.