Bitter-Rose

A white room with sculptural objects including a patterned rug with a car tyre on it. There are a number of vertical poles dotted around, with metal plates at the top of them

Various venues

Sithole is a Zimbabwean writer, poet, musician and performer. Jorgensen is a Danish installation artist and collaborator. Both were artists in residence with Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network.

This was a nomadic installation that moved through the streets of Glasgow by foot. Visiting local organisations that each in their way addressed what it meant to be rooted or rootless, the show functioned as an impromptu platform for discussion, guest performances and ad hoc workshops about geographical displacement.

Alluding to the aesthetics of forced and voluntary journey, languages of poetry conflate with the terminology of travel and music of being adrift with that of being on hold.

Bitter-Rose was presented by Invisible Knowledges - Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network and Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow.

Supported by Glasgow University Principle's special funds allocated via GRAMNet and Platform.