The Scotsman Steps are an important part of Edinburgh’s cityscape: they link the Old and 
New Towns and have historically been considered as a road and are looked after and maintained by the City of Edinburgh Council. Before restoration by Edinburgh World Heritage and City of Edinburgh Council, they were extremely dilapidated, and vulnerable to misuse.

The Fruitmarket Gallery suggested commissioning a public artwork for the Steps as part of the renovation, to help change the public perception of them, and to fulfill the Gallery’s mission to make contemporary art freely accessible, bringing it out of the gallery to engage people where they are.

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