Izzy Collins

Popular media has been unkind to Celtic history, culture and aesthetics, often lazily using tired and untrue tropes to produce familiar (if boring) results. Think of every topless, kilted, blue-squiggle painted barbarian ever seen in the fantasy genre. This project explored how to be fun, interesting and respectful while we borrow from our history. The result is the ‘Salmon of Wisdom’, a small interactive videogame centred around the Pictish belief that salmon were the holders of great wisdom. It will answer all your burning yes or no questions, relay an interesting fact about the Celts or simply dispense some ‘useful’ life advice.