CCA Highlights - July 2022
CCA Glasgow's summer programme includes the first non-London showings of SAFAR Film Festival and a delightful reading group with Small Trans Library
SAFAR Film Festival (15-16 Jul)
For the first time ever, the only film festival in the UK dedicated to Arab cinema is expanding from its London home to hold screenings across the country. Now in its tenth year, SAFAR Film Festival platforms new and beloved voices in Arab cinema that are largely otherwise unheard in the UK and their programme at CCA features some of the best. Pick from Farha, a stunning exploration of the Nakba, Syrian documentary Our Memories Belong to Us, and contemporary queer musical Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?, followed by a director Q&A.
Body Conditioning with Mele Broomes (5, 12, 19 + 26 Jul)
An ongoing creative resource for Black people and people of colour who are women or non-binary, Body Remedy uses various forms of movement as a tool for healing, learning, and navigation. This workshop, led by acclaimed Scottish dancer and choreographer Mele Broomes, opens up a space for reconnecting with the body: going through seated and standing positions, Broomes’ practice allows for self-interpretation, allowing participants to find the restorative movements that suit them the most.
Small Trans Library Reading Group (14+28 Jul)
Don’t miss this biweekly reading group run by the Small Trans Library, a small but perfectly formed lending library of trans-authored texts aimed at trans readers, with branches in both Dublin and Glasgow. Each session focuses on close reading and responding to a variety of short pieces, provided through PDFs and print-outs for maximum accessibility and chosen collaboratively by the group. Designed to provide a chilled out and welcoming space to discuss trans writing outside of the narrow confines of the mainstream literary industry, and with additional snacks. You can reserve your free space through the CCA website.
Scott Caruth + Alex Hetherington: Seen and Not Seen (until 16 Jul)
It’s the last chance to see CCA’s spring exhibition, which exits the building on 16 July. Bringing together two artists, Scott Caruth and Alex Hetherington, both of whom work primarily with moving image, Seen and Not Seen explores the ways in which art can render things both visible and invisible. Scott Caruth’s experiment in 16mm film shot without the use of a camera, and Alex Hetherington’s mythically-inspired investigation of photographic intertextuality perfectly come together to interrogate the importance of memory, gaze, and perspective in art, and how things can both be brought into view and concealed.