my ancestors and i are burning a house - together

By n:u (melissandre varin) 2025

Image credit: Eda Sancakdar Onikinci, my ancestors and i are burning a house - together, Burned House Horizon, Mimosa House (GB) 2025

Dimensions
1h

duration: 1hour

material: ashes, pine sap, charcoal, water, plastic

Image credit: Eda Sancakdar Onikinci, my ancestors and i are burning a house - together, Burned House Horizon, Mimosa House (GB) 2025

by n:u (melissandre varin) and Sym Stellium

digital video

12min 28sec

filmed and edited by Rachel Bunce

audio description & captioning by Seán Elder

Two people in motion, using Palestinian olive oil and soil - oscillating between care and violence amidst a rapidly transforming urban landscape.

Commissioned by: Byuka aka Fortune Tailed Beast & Giulia Casalini for Burned House Horizons

Image credit: Eda Sancakdar Onikinci, embrace,…

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