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FREE(HOLD)

credit: Kara White

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)

my ancestors and i are burning a house - together

suturing a wound

B.O.O.K

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