Join us for a collective listening party and halal food, as part of our Art of Family Life exhibition!
Through oral histories, audio-visual works and community gathering, the Art of Family Life reflects the creativity, joys and struggles of intergenerational refugee communities who have settled in Glasgow. This sensitive exhibition and events programme has been developed with community members over a two-year period across Glasgow, exploring intangible cultural heritage, belonging, listening and wellbeing.
Together, we’ll hear Listening through Tongues, three sound works created collaboratively exploring language and voice, with a focus on the throat as an instrument and the tongue as an extension of memory, identity, and connection.
Over several weeks this spring, sound artist Riah Naief collaborated with Nawal, Hanadee, Ameena, Shaimaa, Esra, Amira and Zahara using vocal play, call-and-response, and song-making, exploring where language is held in the body and why it matters to share it through sound. The workshops invited the group to collectively enter the body through listening and then move outward into sounding together, creating a collaborative space for creative exchange.
Listen Gallery
Listen Gallery C.I.C is an artist-run, non-profit sound arts gallery and communal listening space based in Glasgow. They create spaces for listening through creative projects, such as workshops, performances, exhibitions, screenings, and other sound-focused projects. Their aim is to make sound art accessible to everyone and to use listening as a way to create, collaborate, reflect, and grow together.
Riah Naief
Riah Naief is a sound artist and runs Listen Gallery, a sound arts gallery and communal listening space in Glasgow. The theory and practice of listening is at the root of their practice. They believe that listening is a revolutionary act, a way to shape and change behaviours and society.
The Art of Family Life
The Art of Family Life is presented in partnership with Listen Gallery and the Scottish Oral History Centre. Installation is supported by Soundplay Projects and the project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The exhibition runs every day from 2pm–7pm until Saturday 14 November, excluding Thursday 12 November when it will be closed for ticketed events only.
Header Image: Photo by Riah Naief
