Magic Circle: five large-scale billboard posters, Dundee City Centre

Eddie Summerton; Gair Dunlop; Killian Dunne

Magic Circle: five large-scale billboard posters, Dundee City Centre

Eddie Summerton (Artist)
, Gair Dunlop (Photographer)
, Killian Dunne (Editor)

Contemporary Art Practice

Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

Abstract

Location: Multiple billboard sites, Dundee City Centre, Scotland

The billboard edition of Magic Circle was displayed publicly across Dundee City Centre in collaboration with NOMAS Projects. This iteration foregrounded a network of urban sites, bringing the work into everyday civic space rather than a traditional gallery context. The work consists of five unframed poster works (100 × 150 cm each).

Magic Circle is a multi-part artwork by Eddie Summerton realised through billboards, performances and publication. The work explores the idea of the “magic circle” as a space of attention, ritual and collective meaning, drawing on both ancient symbolic structures and contemporary visual culture. Using the visual language of public advertising, Summerton situates the work in everyday urban and institutional settings, where it interrupts habitual ways of seeing. Across its iterations, Magic Circle examines how images circulate, how audiences gather around shared signs, and how art can create temporary zones of reflection within public space.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Dundee
Publisher	Strict Nature Reserve
Edition	30
Media of output	Other
Size	Billboards each 150cm x 110cm , publication each 28cm x 22cm
Publication status	Published - 9 May 2025

Keywords

Alexander Keilor
Dundee folklore
stone circles

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