GI: Palaces, Ballrooms and Battling Betty McAllister

Artists Ruth Barker and Kim Moore have made work in response to Glasgow Women’s Library’s East End Women’s Heritage Walk for this years Glasgow International Festival.

Palaces, Ballrooms & Battling Betty McAllister: Hidden Histories of Art & Culture in Glasgow’s East End

Barker uses live performance and spoken word poetry to re-tell ancient myths through the lens of her own unconscious associations. She has produced a new meditative sequence of short aural pieces, The Lives of Saints, evoking the stories of women including Saint Teneu and the lost witch Maggie Wall.

We run. We walk. We run is a new sound piece created by Kim Moore using binaural recordings of real and unreal spaces inspired by histories and stories of women and walking in Glasgow’s East End. Both artists’ sound pieces are to be experienced in and around Bridgeton, the new neighbourhood of Glasgow Women’s Library.

Exhibition: Tuesday 8th April to Monday 21st April 2014

Our East End Audio Tours in all languages (Polish, French and German), along with Ruth Barker’s, The Lives of Saints and Kim Moore’s, We Run. We Walk, We Run. will be available to book and borrow from GWL* on portable audio players throughout GI Festival.

Ruth Barker & Kim Moore will be launching their works with performances in our intimate and evocative library venue. Also performing live is Lucy Reynolds’ A Feminist Chorus, bringing together a choir made up of participants from across Glasgow. This event will take place on Saturday 5th April, visit the events page for more information.

*A deposit of £30 is required to borrow the equipment for you to take out and experience these walks, this will be refunded on your return.

Supported by Glasgow International and the Goethe Institute.