business as usual: hostile environment (A REMIX) is a new body of work by artist Alberta Whittle commissioned by Glasgow Sculpture Studio’s Learning & Engagement Programme that explores the colonial history of the Forth and Clyde canal and the role of waterways in the voluntary and involuntary movement of people. Whittle has produced a new film alongside a series of audio works in collaboration with Francis Dosoo intended to be listened to as people go along the Forth and Clyde canal, in their own time and at their own pace.
Whittle's new works are informed by collective thinking, making and discussion with Glasgow-based artists, writers, communities and community leaders, including Councillor Graham Campbell, Francis Dosoo, Maryhill Integration Network’s Joyous Choir, Julie Murray & Carnival Arts, Adebusola Ramsay, Rema Zeka Sherifi and Anastasia Maria Tariq.
The works reflect on waterways as sites of renewal and regeneration – focusing our attention on how the architecture of the city continues to shape and impact communities and our understandings of austerity, poverty, race, migration, and class.
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Programme of Events
Outdoor Cinema | 11th - 13th | 18th – 20th | 25th – 27th June
1000– 1730 | Screenings every 45mins
Glasgow Sculpture Studios | The Whisky Bond | 2 Dawson Road | G4 9SS
Free | Book your ticket here
Join us for the premier screening of business as usual: hostile environment (A REMIX) —a new film by Alberta Whittle informed by collective thinking, making, and discussion with Maryhill Integration Network’s Joyous Choir. business as usual: hostile environment (A REMIX) brings together materials and footage gathered both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic to powerfully highlight that we are not experiencing a singular crisis but the warp and weft of multiple and enduring crises: racist and imperial immigration policies and violent austerity ‘measures’ are very much still at work.
Sound Works | Available for Streaming & Download 11th June
Alberta Whittle and Francis Dosoo have produced a series of audio works that are rooted in the history of North West Glasgow and the Forth & Clyde Canal that creatively explore our area’s heritage in relation to wider histories, stories, and ideas.
This new suite of sound works interweave original musical composition and sound design by Francis Dosoo with conversations and contributions from Anastasia Maria Tariq, Rema Zeka Sherifi, Maryhill Integration Network’s Joyous Choir, Adebusola Ramsay, and Cllr Graham Campbell.
These can be listened to wherever you are, but we recommend listening while taking a walk along the Forth & Clyde Canal if you can.
Sound Design, Music Composition, and Sound Editing by Francis Dosoo
Online Screening Programme | 11th – 27th June
Alberta Whittle | Zinzi Minott | Niloo Sharifi and L8 Residents | Rhea Storr
This online screening programme places Alberta Whittle’s new film business as usual: hostile environment (A REMIX) in conversation with film and moving image works by Zinzi Minott, Niloo Sharifi and L8 Residents, and Rhea Storr. Each work speaks to the ways that local identities have always been forged by global histories, foregrounding Blackness, cultural heritage, diaspora, and belonging - navigating isolation and communion, alienation and liberation.
Day of Joy | 26th June | 1400 – 1600
Glasgow Sculpture Studios | The Whisky Bond | 2 Dawson Road | G4 9SS
Free | Booking here
Join us for an afternoon of celebration on the banks for the Forth & Clyde Canal that explores waterways as sites of journey, mourning, loss, renewal, and healing.
Carnival Arts have produced a range of carnival inspired makes and interventions in and around the Forth & Clyde Canal at Applecross Basin to set the stage for a live performance by the Joyous Choir featuring a special guest, Farzane Zamen, a singer/songwriter from Iran. The choir will share their own original songs as well as songs from their own cultures; songs of solidarity, sisterhood, friendship, freedom, journeys, and dreams.
As part of the event, MIN will also be presenting In Our Shoes – a visual installation of shoes with messages and quotes drawn from the stories gathered in the In Our Shoes anthology, developed by MIN’s Creative Writing Group. The work explores the power of creative writing to communicate lived experiences of exodus, loss, pain, sadness, uncertainty, and inhumane treatment of the Refugee community by the Home Office policies. MIN invite you to experience life in their shoes, which will transport us into lives and histories very different from our own.
*Please note that all in-person events may be subject to changes or cancellation at short notice while we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. We will do everything we can to give as much notice as we possibly can but we thank you in advance for your patience and support.