Words Walking – Feminist Poems and Songs of Solidarity
Performative artwalk co-devised with Anna Miler and Metropolitanka (part of Riverside Solidarity), Gdansk Imperial Shipyard: 02.09.17.
Author: t s Beall
socially-engaged artist, gadfly, practice-based researcher, elephant spotter, consultant on participatory practice
some current projects:
- Scottish Lead Artist (Scotland), 'Memory of Water' (2018-2020), a six-country Creative Europe funded project looking at creative revisioning of post-industrial waterfronts;
- Lead Artist & founder, 'Strong Women of the Clydeside' project;
- Co-Lead Artist & founder, 'Fair Glasgow' project (both 2013-present)
Practice-based PhD via University of Glasgow Theatre Studies, working in collaboration with the Riverside Museum of Transport and Travel, developing engagement strategies for communities working with and within heritage institutions.
Big on participatory practice, institutional transparency, gender equality, communities' agency in authoring 'local' histories, creative heritage projects, and equity for Scottish Showpeople and other Travelling communities.
Memory of Water
2018-2020 LEAD ARTIST, SCOTLAND An artist-led, Creative Europe funded project exploring post-industrial waterfront heritage in six European river cities. Memory of Water allowed for the development and dissemination of best practice for socially-engaged artworks and for organisations working in the context of community development and … Continue readingMemory of Water
Protests and Suffragettes: Strong Women of the Clydeside (SWaC)
2013-ongoing Lead Artist and Founder A collaborative project of creatives, activists, local historians, Govanites and Glasgow Museum staff who aim to recover, resuscitate, and reenact the voices of women in local protest movements using socially-engaged/performative methods. Our focus includes 1915 Rent Strikes,1971 Upper Clyde … Continue readingProtests and Suffragettes: Strong Women of the Clydeside (SWaC)
Fair Glasgow
2014-ongoing Co-Lead Artist & Consultant A collaborative project working with Travelling Showpeople and cultural heritage professionals, co-convened with artist Dr Mitch Miller to promote and protect the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Scottish Fairgrounds, advocate on issues of policy and legislation, and co-curate the hidden … Continue readingFair Glasgow
Riverside Solidarity
2017 Resident Artist Residency for four UK-based artists between Govan / Glasgow and Gdansk, Poland examining post-industrial waterfront heritage. Collaboration between SWaC and Metropolitanka, a women’s collective working to recover and highlight women’s roles in the 1980 Solidarity movement and Gdansk’s Lenin Shipyard. www.waterfrontheritagenetwork.wordpress.com … Continue readingRiverside Solidarity
Behind the Scenes at the Fair
2013 Co-Lead Artist & Doctoral Researcher The genesis of the Fair Glasgow project: A nine-month collaboration co-devised with Dr Mitch Miller working with Showpeople and Glasgow Museums to co-produce a participatory public artwork and external museum display in and around the Riverside Museum, Glasgow. … Continue readingBehind the Scenes at the Fair
Govan’s Hidden Histories & Govan Trumps
2013-2016 Lead Artist & Doctoral Researcher A collaborative project working with the Riverside Museum (part of Glasgow Museums) and communities in Govan to develop an overlapping series of alternative heritage walks, trails, and games that celebrate local histories and develop connectivity across the River … Continue readingGovan’s Hidden Histories & Govan Trumps
Nothing about us without us is for us
2012 Co-Lead Artist with Matt Baker Part of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, shortlisted for a Creative Scotland Award (Community Arts Category). A three/NINE?? month project which commissioned 13 artist/makers to collaborate with 18 partner organisations. Govan Riverfront and Riverside Museum, Glasgow. www.aboutuswithoutus.com … Continue readingNothing about us without us is for us
A Stone’s Throw Away: Govan Beacon & Govan Armada
2010 Co-Lead Artist Part of Glasgow International Festival, in collaboration with Benjamin Dembroski and Ben Rush, Glasgow Science Centre & Govan Graving Docks, Glasgow. www.astonesthrowaway.co.uk [web archive] Govan Armada (2010) Flotsam was gathered from the Govan Docks, cleaned, and made into small ‘message-in-a-bottle’ boats … Continue readingA Stone’s Throw Away: Govan Beacon & Govan Armada
Glass Water: Szklana Woda – Greening / Stitching / Mourning the Shipyard
2019 – A week of creative interventions in the Imperial Shipyard with Żuraw M3 Crane and Stocznia Cesarska hosted by Baltic Sea Cultural Centre, 14-20 October, Gdansk, Poland. ‘Glass Water / Szklana Woda’was a series of actions designed to highlight the intangible aspects of the … Continue readingGlass Water: Szklana Woda – Greening / Stitching / Mourning the Shipyard