terrain vague

By n:u (melissandre varin) 2024

credit: Ashley Carr

Dimensions
June-July 2024

a sculptural landscape, or terrain vague, made of over thirty tonnes of soil, you are invited to be a steward of the land (alongside clay, little ones, microscopic insects, artists, ancestors …) and to be part of composing a space of transmutation, where spirit is summoned through sonic, embodied, and imagined yearnings.

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,…

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