FREE(HOLD)

By n:u (melissandre varin) 2025

credit: Kara White

Dimensions
2h

uk /ˈfriː.həʊld/

British

noun

permanent and absolute tenure of land or property with freedom to dispose of it at will.

companion-materials: rope, Victorian railway track spike, Caribbean rum, rosemary, soil
movement artist: Yewande YoYo Odunubi
live describer: Samiir Saunders; spiritual care: Sym Mendez ; concept, choreographer, and scenographer: n:u

First R&D funded by MAIA as part of n:u’s fellowship 2024-2025

Image credit: Kara White, FREE(HOLD), Birmingham Settlement (GB), 2025

118 n u Studio Future Ritual 060626 Crd Devika Bilimoria Low Res 1783509902

n:u (melissandre varin)

performance arts

30 minutes

material: black synthetic hair, In Search of Our Mother's Garden by Alice Walker, bin bags

commissioned by: Grand Union, Hettie Judah, Coventry Artspace, Spill Yer Tea

(dis)placing, re-imagining, and harvesting.

Inspired by In Search…

who's gonna clean the mess in/of your garden?

a rendition of stifled ghost-spells

my ancestors and i are burning a house - together

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