Beyond the Forbidden Gate
- Dates and Opening times
Fri 7 – Sun 23 June
The Mitchell Library
Fri 7, 10am – 5pm
Mon – Fri, 12pm – 5pm
Sat, 10am – 5pm
Woodside Library
Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat, 10am – 5pm
Tue & Thu, 10am – 8pm
Springburn Library
Mon, Wed & Fri, 10am – 4pm
Tue & Thu, 10am – 8pm
Sat, 9am – 4pmPossilpark Library
Mon & Wed, 1pm – 8pm
Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat, 9am – 4pm- Venue
The Mitchell Library
North Street
G3 7DNWoodside Library
343 St George's Road
G3 6JQSpringburn Library
2 Kay Street
G21 1JY
Possilpark Library
127 Allander Street
Possilpark
G22 5JJ- Participants
- Joey Simons
- Presented by
Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow International and S.I.S.C.O, in partnership with Open Museum Glasgow and Glasgow Libraries
- Supported by
Co-commissioned by Glasgow Sculpture Studios and Glasgow International. With support from The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Glasgow City Council.
- Accessiblity
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Beyond the Forbidden Gate is a new body of work by Joey Simons that explores the parameters of urban development in North Glasgow. Joey’s practice as an artist and writer spans forms of organising, collaboration, textual research and poetry. His work addresses suppressed working-class histories and their relevance to contemporary social struggles.
Joey’s research into histories of enclosure, public housing, refugee organising and workers’ opposition in North Glasgow has informed the collaborations with local communities and artists that underpin Beyond the Forbidden Gate. Developed as part of Glasgow Sculpture Studio’s Learning & Engagement Programme, these collaborations have led to the creation of an imagined counterplan to recent local authority development proposals.
The Mitchell Library’s Old Glasgow Room is a central gathering point for this project, with the space used by Joey and his collaborators to present archival materials and artworks that investigate the class forces shaping competing visions for North Glasgow. A series of talks, workshops, poetry readings and text-based works will also unfold across public libraries in Springburn, Woodside and Possilpark. These civic spaces, forever under threat, remain a vital space for culture to persist and flower amidst the developers’ plans.