- Sketchbook (Ongoing)
- The Scoop / Writing
- Craftspace x Serendipity Art festival, Goa
- Heal, Home, Hmmm x Intervention Architecture at V&A Museum
- A String of Love x without SHAPE without FORM
- A sickness is spreading, it’s turning us blue
- Comfort Near Me
- Made in the Middle
Courses for Dis-Course(s)
The Podcast and Publication
Material Matters- 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 ++
- Arts Council Collection Acquisitions 2022
- 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?
- Archive 2019 - 2022 ++
About- Bazaar
- Contact
- Disabilty Disclosure
- Experience etc
- Fun
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Email roodhissou@gmail.com Twitter @roodhissou Instagram @roodhissou
- © Roo Dhissou and Jalebi Press 25’.
- 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.