Heads and Tails a solo exhibition by Phyllis Christopher 24 September 2021 – 4 March 2022 Grand Union is delighted to be working with Phyllis Christopher on a solo exhibition of her work. Drawing from the surrounding queer community and her personal connections, her images depict lesbian pleasure, sex positivity and political movements. Collaborative Programme Alberta Whittle Congregation (creating dangerously remix) 2021 – 2022 We have commissioned British-Barbadian artist Alberta Whittle to present a new long-term body of work, Congregation (creating dangerously remix). Using public sculpture, film, workshops and community gardening, the 2022 Commonwealth Games provides a crucial backdrop for this long-term project which will develop over year. More Cooking Sections & Asad Raza The Empire Remains Shop Birmingham & The Field Commission 2020 – 2023 The Field Commission, is a process of reimagining the public land adjacent to Junction Works. In collaboration with Homes England and Canal & River Trust, the project will, over five years, transform the canalside site through a series of year-long artistic commissions, programming and events. More Bruntwood Artists-in-Residence 2019 – 2025 Grand Union and Bruntwood are working in partnership to offer opportunity for Artists to be in residence in Bruntwood’s Cornwall Buildings in Birmingham city centre each year. More Ongoing Projects The Growing Project Ongoing The Growing Project is a community-led growing scheme working with organisations who support the vulnerably housed and people in crisis. Aiming to ‘Green-Sense’ the city, The Growing Project will improve sites across Birmingham by ‘growing food and creating green spaces’, sites that are developed, tended and nurtured by people experiencing difficult times. More Junction Works 2021 – 2023 Grand Union is leading a £3.25m project to bring a Grade II listed building on Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, back into use. More Cooking Sections The Empire Remains Shop – Birmingham 2019 – 2022 The Empire Remains Shop -Birmingham is our long-term project with Cooking Sections, a public programme activating Junctions Works, a historical grade-II listed former Canal & River Trust Office in Birmingham. Owned by Homes England, Junction Works is the potential future home of Grand Union. More Ed Webb Ingall Forming a Resident’s Association 2020 – 2022 Grand Union is working with filmmaker Ed Webb Ingall to develop a new project exploring the role of video in response to the UK housing crisis. Holding a series of meetings, screenings and workshops, together, we will connect a national network of community and activist organisations with galleries and museums. More Laura Wilson Trained on Veda 2020 – 2022 Trained on Veda is a malted loaf and evolving artwork by Laura Wilson connecting bakeries and galleries through veda bread. Developed with TACO, Grand Union, Site Gallery and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. More * ‘G’ and ‘U’ initials from A,B,C’s (2017-18)by Sarah Taylor Silverwood
