Eastside Projects
n:u (melissandre varin), Sym Mendez/Sym Stellium

Nourishing Sunday: M.I/L!K? digestive

2pm – 3pm

Spend time with atmosphere-maker melissandre varin, 30 M.I/L!K?, a black tarpaulin, spiritual care coordinator Sym Stellium, cushions, chairs, a dance studio, wooden tables, sonic waves, a film from les ongles noirs (dirty nails) residency in Dakar, clay, us.

This event is presented by FABRIC as part of the Transition + Transit programme for the Transform Festival, M.I/L!K? digestive expands Dirty Nails into another city, with an invitation to sit together, make clay vessels, share a warm drink, have conversations as intestinal massages, co-regulate, try, get to know each other and ourselves a bit more, and let a collective digestive process take place in the form and shape it needs to.

M.I/L!K? digestive is part of Nourishing Sunday, a space where dance artists, visual artists and performance makers will share works-in-progress and project ideas with the public over a nourishing brunch in a relaxed atmosphere at iC4C in Nottingham. Find out more HERE

This event is commissioned by Fabric and Curated by Dwayne Church Simms.

and is part of dirty nails (les ongles noirs) which is co-commissioned by Eastside Projects and Fabric

Supported by

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