The Sea and I is a short film created by artists and participants from the Dixon Community in Govanhill, Glasgow in 2023.
Please see the film and its trailer, below.
Participants: Nasim, Agnes, Anne, Betty, Kauser, Mary, Abdul, Nasim, Olive, Betty, Siraj, Miller.
Lead Artist / Choreographer / Facilitator: Joanna Young
Camera & Editor: Lucas Chih-Peng Kao
Composer & Sound Designer / Co-facilitator: Niroshini Thambar
Co-facilitators / Co-creators / Peer support: Kirsty Biff Nicolson, Saffy Setohy & Aya Kobayashi
Producer: Nina Doherty
Mentoring for Research & Development: Kirsty Alexander
Thanks to Sonia and Mary and all staff at The Dixon Community for hosting and supporting this project.
This project has been developed by Glasgow-based Dance artist Joanna Young as part of the Sensory Collective.
Sensory Collective is a 22-month long project exploring sensory arts practice across Scotland for people who face multiple barriers to access. It is an Independent Arts Projects (IAP) project and 1 of 26 participative arts projects supported by Culture Collective and funded by Scottish Government emergency Covid-19 funds through Creative Scotland.
Independent Arts Projects (IAP) works with some of Scotland’s most talented and innovative artists and theatre makers to develop, produce and tour a programme of productions, arts projects, events and opportunities for people across Scotland and beyond. www.independentartsprojects.com
