For Freedom Space with Rivers was a six month intergenerational arts project in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, focussing on our living relationships with rivers. The project began in November 2021, just as COP26 was ending.
Artists from across Greater Glasgow and Clyde explored creatively how we might adapt and connect with rivers in a changing climate, while looking out for each other across our multiple differences. We did this through three intersecting workshop series, a giant travelling communal scroll, and twelve commissioned artworks.
The commissioned artworks, the scroll and some of the creative processes were shared in a celebratory event at the University of Glasgow in May 2022.
Images from the Freedom Space Sharing Event



















For Freedom Space with Rivers Sharing Event
26th May 2022
11am -2pm. James Arnott Theatre, University of Glasgow
Programme
11:00 – 11:15 | Register/Gather
11:15 – 11:30 | Opening Rituals in the theatre
11:30 – 1pm | Sharing of Artworks and Q&A with the artists
1- 2pm | Vegetarian Lunch
Sharing of Commissioned artwork
Help Freedom – Mary-Anne and Mhairi Macdonald
Waterways – Neha Apsara
O My River; The Reed; What am I made of? – Ghanima Abdul Karim
Where there is a will there is a Way; The Power of the Ocean – Fatwima Adnan, accompanied by The Kelvin, a musical composition by Gerrard Smith
The Life of the River and Tree – Sean O’Hagan
Clyde Frequencies – Tom McAlister
When Rivers Speak – Michael Dawson
Power – Syeda Sadaf Zaidi
Seascape – Injeela Zaidi Arif
Life of Rock – Anwar Arif
My Place – Fifi Basalm
Places are limited, please book via the following link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/for-freedom-space-with-rivers-sharing-event-tickets-318908733607
For Freedom Space with Rivers

Workshop Series 1: Dear Green Bothy COP26 event



Workshop Series 2 with the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice


Commissions Round 1











Workshop Series 3 with Interfaith Glasgow







Commissions Round 2







This project is funded by Being Human, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, and presented as part of the University of Glasgow’s The Dear Green Bothy programme, hosting creative and critical responses to climate emergency.

