The Magic Money Tree by Kirsty Mackay

Kirsty Mackay has been working collaboratively with communities across England, documenting the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and the realities of poverty in the world’s 6th largest economy. The resulting project looks at how systematic inequality is manifested via government policy, access to resources, geographies of exclusion, and multigenerational experiences of trauma. 

The Magic Money Tree is produced in collaboration with New Art Gallery Walsall (2024). A publication of the work is forthcoming with Bluecoat Press. 

About Kirsty Mackay

Born in Glasgow and based in Bristol, Kirsty Mackay is a photographic artist, educator, activist and filmmaker. Her research-led documentary practice examines issues of gender, class and discrimination. Her last book, The Fish That Never Swam (2021) was an elegy to her hometown of Glasgow, and the fallout of 1970s housing developments that led to the fragmentation of working-class communities and neighbourhoods. 

Her work has been exhibited both nationally & internationally, including in the recent survey exhibition Facing Britain (2022, international touring) alongside works by Martin Parr, Anna Fox & David Hurn. 

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