German-Syrian artist Manaf Halbouni’s sculpture Rubble Theatre is a highlight of this year’s Refugee Festival Scotland. It recreates a scene of destruction in Syria, featuring the rubble of a bombsite and an abandoned car.

Join us for a conversation with Manaf Halbouni led by Kate Gray, Director of Collective. Halbouni studied at art school in Syria and then moved to Germany a few years before the war. In 2017, far-right groups in Germany protested against his installation Monument, which erected three, upended buses at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and at the Frauenkirche in Dresden, in homage to a barricade of buses that protected civilians from sniper fire in Aleppo. Vehicles (and most frequently cars) are a repeating theme in Halbouni’s work – whether as a means of escape or as a mobile home. ‘With the car, a symbol of mobility, I try to reach a place that I can call home to take root again,’ he says.

This is a free but ticketed event. Please register here.

The venue has lift access to all levels. There is an audio loop throughout the building. The rooms within the building are colour coded and are also signposted with braille. They provide a choice of gender neutral toilets and gender assigned toilets.