Climate and Community Justice through Food with GramOunce
Made in the Middle
Courses for Dis-Course(s)The Podcast and Publication
Material Matters- Bloomberg New Contemporaries
- Manji, Charpai, Daybed x Greenwich & Docklands International Festival
Don’t play with your food - Jalebi Press
- Hospital Rooms x Sandwell CAMHS
- Rhythm with Osman Yousefzada Aftercare with Liverpool Biennial
- Comrades (Midlands) with Outside In x EXPLORERS project
2023 ++ - Courses for Dis-Course(s)
- Quisse of the Komagata Maru
- Khao, peyo, aish karo, but don’t hurt anyone’s heart
- Care Work ft Desi and Disabled
- But what if I gave myself an ounce of the care I show for others?
2022 ++ - DIY Disability
- (Astral Village) slooooowwwww with Sahjan Kooner
- Nangal Pend-ing/ DarkVillage.stl with Sahjan Kooner
- Daybed Charpai Manji Very Modern Stylish
- breathe, spirit and life 呼吸、靈魂與生命 with Katherine Ka Yi Liu
- Searching for Sangat with Artlicks
2019 - 2021 ++
Diva BLEEP!- Rankin x Water Aid
- at Niru Ratnam with Jan Agha
- Joya: arte + ecología / AiR
- As round as the Son with Sharonjit Sutton
Khadi with Bharti Parmar - Cold Comfort and Cultural Identity
- The Encyclopaedia of Cultural Dysphoria
- Nangal Khera
- Coordinates - curating beyond the crisis
- The Anthropology of the Self
- Cooking in Crisis
- Ghar
- The art world Birmingham as seen by Franny
- Panj Din
- Cha Wali
- Everything, Everywhere all at once
- Pittu Garam and other stories
About
©2024 Roo Dhissou and Jalebi Press. Please ask for permission when referencing my writing because it may contain original references to my PhD, or using my images as they may belong to one of my many photographer friends.
Hospital Rooms x Sandwell CAMHS
Images by Patrick DandyMore info on this project can be found here
There is Strength in Softness
The back waiting area was developed by Roo Dhissou through a series of workshops with a group of teenagers who have used Sandwell CAMHS. The group worked together to explore how the room functions for different people and to make it more welcoming and interactive. Please touch and explore everything!
The artwork includes:
A pegboard with colourful shapes which can be rearranged
A book and zine corner with shelving and a seat for housing things to read and draw while you wait
A cosy manji seat (based on a traditional Punjabi daybed) for relaxing on
Blankets and cushions for getting cosy or fort building
A plant wall to make the space more homely. The plant wall structure doubles as a cosy nook for young people to sit or play in.
The room was designed by Roo with carpenter Matt Foster who built the wooden structures. Roo was supported by her access support worker and partner Fred Hubble who is also an artist.
Roo worked with the Sandwell CAMHS from May 2023 until July 2024.