FREE(HOLD)
By
n:u (melissandre varin)
2025
credit: Kara White
- Live Art
- Socially Engaged Practice
- Spiritual & Philosophical
- Personal Narratives & Identity
- Socioeconomic Structures & Consumerism
- Environment & Sustainability
- Global Perspectives & Multiculturalism
- Heritage & Archives
- Urban Dynamics & Public Realm
- Freedom
- Choreography
- Scenography
- Spiritual
- The Built Environment
- Capitalism
- Accumulation
- Transgenerational
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
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