Handle with care/ prendre avec soin

by n:u (melissandre varin) and Jérémie Priam

Digital Video

duration 08 min 29 second

supported by Oustide In (GB)

Presenting the Caribbean banana trade as a site of desire and displacement, n:u and Jeremie’s audio-visual assemblage spans 4,000 miles. On Martinique (FR), Jeremie’s aunt Lilianne shares her knowledge of growing organic bananas. On the island, toxic pesticides sprayed on banana crops have contaminated the landscape and poisoned the local population. In the garden of Foleshill Community Centre, Coventry (GB), n:u composts uneaten bananas. Symbolic of both sick food systems and dislocated beings, the bruised exotic fruit leaves an unsettling taste in the mouth.