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We are so excited to be working with artist Joey Simons as part of our In Residence Programme this year. Throughout 2023, we will work with Joey to take forward his action research project, Stalling for Time. The project aims to challenge state-led narratives of decline and regeneration by producing alternative resources that draw on the history of working-class resistance and community organising in Glasgow North.
Joey's practice uses archival research, site writing, documentary poetry, video, montage and community workshops to explore the politics of collective memory and loss in Glasgow, with a particular lens on struggles around housing and the built environment. Some previous work includes Mining Seams and Drawing Wells: a living archive for Easterhouse (2022), the publications Scheming (2021), Let Us Act For Ourselves: selected works of Freddy Anderson (2020) at Platform; The Fearful Part Ot It Was The Absence for Collective's Satellites programme (2022).
In Residence is GSS' action-research programme that prioritises underrepresented cultural heritage in Glasgow North. The programme commissions artists to engage with local community partners and members to address local issues and subjects of discussion using a 'live' heritage methodology to understand how the community shapes and produces culture and heritage.
For more information or learn how to get involved in Joey’s project, please email our Learning & Engagement team
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