one for the road (un dernier pour la route)

By n:u (melissandre varin) 2024

Dimensions
1h

performance with Za Lahai

duration: 1hour

materials: emergency blankets, Martinican agricole rum, water, jars of rum, hair sugar cane, crystal glasses, and absent biological families.

commissioned by Fierce Festival

Image credit: Manuel Vason, How Does It Feel?, Fierce Festival 2024

n:u (melissandre varin)

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…

Handle with care/ prendre avec soin

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les mains de ma mère

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,…

embrace

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