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suturing a wound

Moseley Road Baths

30 minutes

material: swimming pool water, 100 red roses, rope,

jar of rum hair lime thyme and hair, tarpaulin

commissioned by: itch funded by Fierce Festival (GB)

n:u brings water from the swimming pool, 100 red roses, a rope, a jar of M.I.L.K, and a tarpaulin used in a previous performance, into an investigation of intergenerational healing mechanisms/trauma.

Image credit: Ayesha Jones, suturing a wound, Moseley Road Bath (GB), 2023

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

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?

re-assembling

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