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one for the road (un dernier pour la route)

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

118 n u Studio Future Ritual 060626 Crd Devika Bilimoria Low Res 1783509902 n:u (melissandre varin)

dirty nails (les ongles noirs)

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?

les mains de ma mère

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