9 Words are a season of podcasts commissioned by Creative Black Country for Offsite 9 to complement BAS9.

Sahjan Kooner’s work for Offsite9 explores the relationships between migration, technology and lineage through a new video installation titled Frozen Archive for MOON/ish.exe

Out of Darkness Cometh Light is a Visual Vernacular (VV) show that follows the Offsite9 themes of healing, care and reparative history. VV is a new theatrical performance that combines elements of mime, facial and bodily expression. Ish’s VV World (Ishtiaq Hussain), a well-known artist within the Deaf community.

A new film produced by Jack Smallwood portrays the emotions expressed by D/deaf people via a new short BSL poem. The poem tackles the concept of dual identity with D/deafness in relation to selfhood and features people who are deaf/hard of hearing and are born, raised and live in Wolverhampton.

Hanifa Hudson is a female activist born and bred in Wolverhampton of Jamaican heritage. She is best known for her pioneering work in break dancing and her activists' roll in the fight for reparatory justice. Her work is inspired by the ethos of music and dance: movements are the vibrations of sound; colours are the feelings of her fight.

Kathleen Fabre is a conceptual artist with an interdisciplinary practice. Alignment sees a series of four site-specific architectural scale wool installations. The temporary installations form vast symbols of hope and each piece acts as a colourful welcome to visitors and residents.

A Euphoric Happening aims to capture euphoric moments through dance, music and visual media embracing themes of healing and togetherness in a double bill event of Euphoria and Visions.

Wander is a projection-based play. In it, the audience follow stories told by on-stage characters from diverse ethnicities that make their own individual travels from their place of birth towards Wolverhampton to make new lives for themselves.

To create (Perspectives) Fae Kilburn is incorporating narratives from those who live, work and visit Wolverhampton, exploring their experiences and asking what needs to change in order to build an inclusive city.

Asylum Artist Quarter is producing a sound trail that explores the social history of forgotten spaces in Wolverhampton. Nine artists have been chosen to create sound works in the form of music, soundscapes, spoken word and speeches that respond to nine sites in Wolverhampton…

Four female photographers explore how we navigate the reparative histories of our region when we document culture. Each artist’s practice focuses on framing place, space and community identity.

Pop-up Lives is a visual pop-up book experience designed for a family audience. It is an intimate exploration of togetherness on a miniature stage co-created by Wolverhampton's own children.

Communion is a site-specific video installation tied to the BAS9 theme of ‘tactics for togetherness’. Hosted within the chapel of St. Peter’s Church in the city centre.

Imagine Wolves is a collaboration between artists Leanne O’Connor and Ewan Johnston born out of discussions and research in to re-imagined futures and ways of togetherness for Wolverhampton and its people.

Hum Saath Saath Hein (We Are Together) by The Punjabi Women’s Writing Group hopes to enhance community cohesion and nurture a sense of belonging. It aims to strengthen relationships and harmony within the rich, diverse communities who live in Wolverhampton through a poetry event at the city’s Central Library.

Boundary Way Project will be presenting an outdoor exhibition that shines a spotlight on the allotment and its community. Featuring work by artists and community groups the show will highlight the importance of nature for wellbeing. It will explore the value of nature connection and green spaces during a climate and environmental emergency. We spoke to Creative Producer Moya Lloyd to find out more.

Stephen Architect of Hope is a tribute to Stephen Lawrence, the eighteen-year-old Black British student from South London who was the victim of a racist gang murder on the evening of 22nd April 1993.

Daniella Turbin is working with The Asylum Art Gallery to lead a series of public walks around Wolverhampton.

Offsite9 is a dynamic programme of arts projects, events, performances, screenings, talks, activities and workshops at locations around Wolverhampton from January to April 2022.

Christmas is fast approaching and as much as I’m looking forward to having some time off, I’m also looking forward to supporting the next round of Creative Connections commissions next year.