A six month intergenerational arts project in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, focussing on our living relationships with rivers.
How can we adapt with rivers to a changing climate, and look out for each other in the process?
The River Clyde, Glasgow, as COP 26 ends: November 2021
Workshop Series 1: Dear Green Bothy COP26 event
Mhairi, Mary-Anne, Neha, Karen and Michael, University of Glasgow, November 2021Neha Apsara, University of Glasgow, November 2021Michael Dawson, University of Glasgow, November 2021
Workshop Series 2 with the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice
Tom McAlister, Elder Park, Govan, November 2021Norma and Christine, The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, December 2021
Commissions Round 1
Sean O’Hagan: River Tree 1 (animation), January 2022Sean O’Hagan: River Tree 2 (animation): East Kilbride, January 2022Mhairi and Mary-Anne Macdonald: Freedom Space 1 (choreography): Boden Boo, January 2022Mhairi and Mary-Anne Macdonald: Freedom Space 2 (choreography): Govan, February 2022( Michael Dawson: The Spirit of the River:(monologue to camera): Govan, February 2022
Workshop Series 3 with Interfaith Glasgow
Ghanima, Syeda, Lydia and Fifi, Dumbarton, March 2022Layering and Moving with the Scroll: Avin, Fifi, Ghanima, Injeela, Syeda and Anwar, Springburn, March 2022
Commissions Round 2
Govan Ferry Crossing and Graving Docks: Rachel and Kirsty with Michael and Tom, April 2022Ghanima, Fatima, Fifi, Syeda, Anwar and Injeela working on their writing commissions with Rachel, Lynnda and Clyde materials gathered in Dumbarton, Interfaith Glasgow, April 2022
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.
For Freedom Space with Rivers 