Distanced Assemblage is a collaborative artist-led initiative in Glasgow, Scotland. They strive to make a positive impact in the wellbeing and visibility of people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds by providing opportunities to engage in art making. They believe that communities who collectively engage in creative thinking are more resilient and better equipped to tackle political and social adversities.
Distanced Assemblage are Paria Goodarzi and Francisco Llinas Casas. The two artists respond to contemporary social, political and cultural issues by examining the hybrid condition of our society and the formation, performance and representation of identity. Having been born in Iran and Venezuela respectively, their work draws inspiration from the lived experiences of migration and diaspora. Their practice is research-based and multidisciplinary, often taking the shape of socially-engaged art projects, participatory art and performance pieces.
Counterpoints Arts have previously co-commissioned Alter, a project developed for Southbank Centre’s public spaces in 2021. It consists of seven movable house sculptures, featuring movement-activated sounds and lights. While the sculptures are manoeuvred by both performers and the audience in a choreographic walk, the outside space of the Southbank Centre will be filled with traces of sound and colour, representing the stories of migration and displacement.
Image (c) Distanced Assemblage
