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my ancestors and i are burning a house - together

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

duration: 1hour

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

Commissioned by Giulia Casalini & Byuka aka Fortune Tailed Beast

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

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

Credit Mandip Singh Seehra 1756123077 n:u (melissandre varin)

dirty nails (les ongles noirs)

On Substance

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?

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