Tramway

Delaine Le Bas - Delainia: 17071965 Unfolding

Delaine Le Bas - Delainia: 17071965 Unfolding
THIS EVENT HAS EXPIRED
Tickets
Free - Drop-in - no ticket required
Dates and times
Friday 7th Jun - Sunday 13th Oct 2024
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CLOSED Mondays and Tuesdays 
Open Wednesday - Friday 12 noon to 5pm
Saturday 12 noon to 6pm
Sundays 12 noon to 5pm

*Delaine Le Bas In Conversation*
Saturday 5 October, 3pm - 4.40pm
In the closing weeks of her exhibition, Delaine joins our curator Claire Jackson for an in-person conversation. Join us for this free, unticketed event.


Delainia: 17071965 Unfolding is an exhibition of work by artist Delaine Le Bas (1965) presented within an expansive and layered installation. Delaine’s objects, environments, textiles, costumes and performances exist at the intersection of the personal and the political, aligning her experiences as a Romani person with perspectives on land, movement, gender, and discrimination.  

Across the exhibition, Delaine evokes forms of social and psychological commentary through the recurrent use of texts, the reactivation of personal and archival ephemera, and symbols from classical mythology and popular culture. The installations are populated by a cast of extraordinary figures such as goddesses, visionaries and witches, applying a feminist lens to narratives of both emancipation and domination. 

Tramway was previously the Glasgow site of To Gypsyland (2013), a travelling research project by Delaine and collaborator Barby Asante that explored Romani, Gypsy and Traveller presence in cities across the UK. In the intertwining of elements from past projects with new figures and narratives, Delainia reflects the ongoing address in the work of the mythologisation and demonisation of Romani, Gypsy and Traveller peoples in the UK and Europe. These concerns are amplified within present-day contexts of housing crisis, border control, forced displacement and environmental breakdown. Delaine’s work activates and reclaims space for new rituals and imaginaries of resistance against historical and contemporary environments of hostility.  

A co-commission between Tramway and Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art 

ACCESS
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All images (above and below):
Delaine Le Bas, Delainia: 17071965 (Unfolding), installation view, Tramway, 2024. Photos by Keith Hunter.


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Large Print and Braille programme material available upon request. 

Some performances may also be BSL interpreted, audio described or have further assistance available. Access information for individual events is included in their event listing. 

 

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Assistance dogs are welcome. We can provide a bowl of water for an assistance dog. The assistance dog toilet area is located to the rear of the building.

Assistance dogs are allowed in the auditorium.

Wheelchair access

There is level access to all Tramway spaces and the cafe, with lift access to the upper spaces.

There are designated spaces for wheelchair users in the theatre. 

 

Baby changing

Baby changing facilities are available on the ground floor

Baby feeding

Breastfeeding is welcome at Tramway

Cafe or restaurant

Full table service is not available. Food or drinks can be ordered at the counter and will be brought to the table.

No tables are permanently fixed. No chairs are permanently fixed.

Menus are hand held only, but are clearly presented in contrasting colours. Menus are not available in Braille. 

Parking

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The public are only permitted to record and take photos where explicit permission has been granted in advance. 

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