Following World Refugee Day, we had an exhibition at Civic Room (Glasgow) and are now showing new work on Isle of Bute. The exhibition is happening from the 27-29th of October at 26 East princess Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, PA20 9D, opening this Friday 7-9pm, with Saturday and Sunday open from 12-7pm. For this exhibition, along side old work, a âvoting boothâ has also been made, where visitors of the space will be invited to share their stories and thought on the current refugee and migrant crisis. On Saturday the 28th of October a writing workshop with Loll Junggeburth will be held from 2-5pm. Responding to selected work from the exhibition, participants will be given the chance to enter into a conversation with its themes of home, journeying, and the self in relation to others. Aspects of voice, tone, and point of view will be examined and practiced in the first half, with a conversation about form and editing to follow. The aim is to respond directly and immediately to the themes surrounding the Who Is? Project, and then to hone the writing, whether poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction, in terms of technique. The workshop will be followed by a small get-together, where participants may read their work over refreshments.
Centring on the European refugee and migrant crisis, the **Who is? Project **by Iman Tajik and Jonas Jessen Hansen is talking about the dream of a better life. Creating a space for the discussion of issues concerning todayâs immigration systems and globalisation, the Who is? Project hopes to attract a wide and diverse audience from different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, to develop a critical discussion around the project. The project is a public exploration - to question the way we think about each other: our neighbours, our co-workers, our families, people we see living on the street, people we see struggling, people who are complete strangers to our particular community, people of different nationalities and backgrounds. We all have stories, and each personâs story is completely different from our own, but equally important.
