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re-assembling

By  n:u (melissandre varin) 2022

Dimensions
zine + photos

a publication with photographs, kidney beans, and synthetic hair. Working with 18 months of archives from my work at Coventry Artspace, Coventry, UK, 2022.

Commissioned by Coventry Artspace; support: Seán Elder; editing: Izdihar Afyouni; printing: The Holodeck

Credit Mandip Singh Seehra 1756123077 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

Black people on bicycles (in the sun) (2024)

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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