Jupiter Rising

Rising Residency 2020

The Jupiter Rising Residency is a week-long and fully-funded creative residency, open to Scotland-based emerging artists who identify as womxn, a person of colour, LGBTQ+ and/or from a working class background – communities which have been historically underrepresented in the art world. The three artists were chosed by a panel including Turner Prize co-winner Alberta Whittle, set designer and photographer Furmaan Ahmed and painter and community organiser Andrew Sims, whilst also providing mentorship and turtorials throughout the residency. Originally intended to be presented live as part of Jupiter Rising, the sculpture park’s annual independent art, music and performance festival postponed as a result of the pandemic, the artists are debuting new moving-image works online, via Jupiter Artland and OH141’s platforms. Co-curated by OH141’s Sarra Wild and the team at Jupiter Artland, the Rising Residency programme encourages collaboration between participants, and provides the opportunity to explore the intersections between visual art, performance, music and community. The inaugural residency took place for six months starting in March 2020, delivered entirely online as a result of Covid-19. Virtural tutorials, film nights and workshops were undertaken by the group together, alongside mentorship led by Alberta Whittle, Furmaan Ahmed, Andrew Sims, OH141’s Sarra Wild and Jupiter’s Ellie Edmondson, Claire Feeley and Nicky Wilson.

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The three artists were chosed by a panel including Turner Prize co-winner Alberta Whittle, set designer and photographer Furmaan Ahmed and painter and community organiser Andrew Sims, whilst also providing mentorship and turtorials throughout the residency. Originally intended to be presented live as part of Jupiter Rising, the sculpture park’s annual independent art, music and performance festival postponed as a result of the pandemic, the artists are debuting new moving-image works online, via Jupiter Artland and OH141’s platforms. Co-curated by OH141’s Sarra Wild and the team at Jupiter Artland, the Rising Residency programme encourages collaboration between participants, and provides the opportunity to explore the intersections between visual art, performance, music and community. The inaugural residency took place for six months starting in March 2020, delivered entirely online as a result of Covid-19. Virtural tutorials, film nights and workshops were undertaken by the group together, alongside mentorship led by Alberta Whittle, Furmaan Ahmed, Andrew Sims, OH141’s Sarra Wild and Jupiter’s Ellie Edmondson, Claire Feeley and Nicky Wilson.
TAAHLIAH & HUSS TAAHLIAH is a performance artist, producer and DJ from Glasgow. Her musical productions, both brutal and pop, express a societal ideal of fluidity in line with different debates she animates across her city’s cultural sector. The aim is to discuss the invisibility of minorities and the various incidents provoked by the binary model. TAAHLIAH’s performances and sets reveal the liberating potential within the exaggeratedly efficient and expansive genre of electronic music, in which the glossy packaging serves to politicise the subject matter. HUSS is a Middle Eastern artist based in Scotland/Egypt. Although specialising in performance, he is not bound by mediums. HUSS works in a diverse array of specialisms such as installation, sculpture and visual work. He finds the importance to spread awareness about major issues originating within the Middle East which western society don’t acknowledge. Huss investigates concepts such as racism, ethnocentrism and xenophobic behaviours and the stigma of mental health in Arab communities. His main source of influence comes from his own personal experience as a person of colour living within Scotland as well as the conflicting emotions felt for both the country he resides in, his culture and his country of birth.

FARAH HUSSAIN Farah’s practice is very much inspired by their own life and who they embody. Farah’s work entails religion, drag, ethnomethodology, queerness, club culture and utopian worlds. They view their process as a journey of analysis, of the self, queer history and also contemporary culture. “The aesthetic of my work confides in a low-fi surreal world that is often based on the conceptual ‘safe space’. My practice takes to many disciplines but my current being sculpture, painting, photography and film. My intention is to analyse emotional and physical connections that create a unique sense of place.” “I think the Jupiter Rising Residency is something very special in regard to Jupiter Artland and OH141’s approach in seeking out emerging artists that identify as Womxn, POC, LGBTQI+ and those from a working-class background. I believe that this is something that should be commended and has an impact in our society. Globally we have all had to abruptly try to adapt during this quarantine period, which can be extremely stressful. It has been demotivating to continue with my practice, but I think for me it has been the realisation to not be too hard on myself and allow myself time and to focus on the positive such as this residency opportunity to get back into the rhythm of things”

CLICK ARROW SYMBOL TO EXPAND IMAGES Left to Right: Image 1-4 TAAHLIAH and HUSS, I’ve Stopped Understanding Myself, 2020. Image 5-8 Farah Hussain, Safe Space, 2020