Iman Tajik

In a dark room a film is projected onto a screen. The project image shows a flag made from a gold emergency blanket, flying in an open field with hills in the far distance and a blue sky

A print hangs on a white wall held by bullclips. It is in a dark room with golden light. The image shows a figure in black clothes, with brunette hair and topknot, standing with their face close to the fabric of a flag. The flag is made from a gold emergency blanket. The flag and figure are in an open field with hills in the far distance and blue sky.

The image shows a figure in black clothes, with brunette hair and topknot, standing with their face close to the fabric of a flag. The flag is made from a gold emergency blanket. The flag and figure are in an open field with hills in the far distance and blue sky.

A pile of gold emergency blankets in their plastic packets sit in the corner of a dark room. A square of light shines at the top of the pile sending reflections out from the pile.

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Bordered Miles was an exhibition and day-long, live-streamed group walk from the centre of Glasgow to Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre, approximately 26 miles south of the city. An extension of Iman Tajik’s ongoing interest in making work for the public realm, the walk invited participants, both physically and virtually, to pay close attention to the movement of bodies as a natural right of any species.

Bordered Miles emphasised the ways that bodily movement crosses or is constrained by multiple borders, both visible and invisible. Tajik’s work frequently focuses on these socio-political divisions and this project scrutinises the ways in which these borders affect some far more than others. The walk itself involved a small group of participants, as well as being live-streamed online, and there was also an exhibition of related works taking place as part of Glasgow International.

Bordered Miles concluded as the physical participants arrived at the Immigration Removal Centre to raise and fly a flag made by Tajik out of an emergency safety blanket as a symbol of reclaiming that political space.

Co-developed in partnership with Deveron Projects

Awarded the Glasgow International 2020 Graduate Bursary

Supported by Creative Scotland, Glasgow International, Hope Scott Trust, The National Lottery Heritage Fund