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Stitching Light আলো দিয়ে গাঁথা

Project

Stitching Light is a textile and light installation exploring Bangladeshi women’s migration to the UK. Stories are being collected from groups of Bangladeshi women who live in Tower Hamlets, Leeds, Bradford, Middlesbrough, Worcester and Salford who have a lived experience of this migration journey. 

Their stories are being gathered and transcribed onto 16 x 3m high colourful painted textile panels, hand painted by a traditional folk artist based in Dhaka and hand stitched with light thread to highlight the journeys that they have taken. 

The panels are arranged within a purpose-built 3D structure with soundscape which the audience can walk through and around to immerse themselves in these stories. 

Following the pilot in January 2025 at Canary Wharf Lights, Emergency Exit Arts have successfully secured further funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to work with more Bangladeshi communities throughout the UK. Together, we will create an additional five panels to develop the stories of migration to different areas in the UK.

The installation will tour to 5 outdoor light festivals in autumn/winter 2025 to estimated live audiences of 1 million.

Emergency Exit Arts partnered with local organisation Oitij-Jo, The Migration Museum, Bangladeshi based Paraa, with Ruhul Abdin as Creative Director.  

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Photo Credit Sean Pollock

Touring Partners

EEA are delighted to be working with these fantastic partners and their communities:

Tour Dates

Light Night Leeds 2025
23-24 October 2025

Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
7-8 November 2025

Middlesbrough 
22-23 November 2025

Worcester
29-30 November 2025

Salford
4-7 December 2025

Find out more

If you would like to find out more about Stitching Light including booking information please get in touch with us

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