The Rootless Forest, a landscape and soundscape, is a new project by Beth Derbyshire, Wheatley Fellow, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. The Rootless Forest is a mobile artwork, a mini-forest made of real trees and soil planted on a barge that travels at walking pace along the Birmingham and Black Country Canals. From The Rootless Forest we hear recorded stories about adjustment, homecoming and relocation told by two families from the military and UK Afghan communities in Birmingham.

The Rootless Forest is developed with the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham City University and the Canal & River Trust, and is funded by Arts Council England and has gatherered a diverse and wide-ranging partnership.