As part of Carlisle's millennium project, a new underground extension was
built to connect Tullie House Museum with Carlisle Castle. The brief was to
create a cultural link between the two sites.

The theme of the Boarder Reiver families became the focus of the work
(Gordon Young was born in Carlisle and from an ancient Reiver family)
as the Archbishop of Glasgow's infamous curse of 1525 was re-presented.
Aimed at the Reiver families known for terrorising the region, the curse
was read out by priests in very parish in an attempt to curb the illegal
activities.

Inscribed into a large 14 ton granite boulder his ' Mother of all Curses' sits
at the end of an 80 metre path which bears the names of all the Reiver
families. Even before its installation, the stone caused controversy, being
cited as a possible 'shrine for devil worship' and even being blamed for
the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

In collaboration with:
Typography with Why Not Associates.
Implementation with Russell Coleman.