Giorvana Hadeed: The Nypa Seed

Wednesday 11 September, 2024, from 6.30 pm
Granderson Lab 

 

On Wednesday 11 September, for one night only, artist Giorvana Hadeed will present new and recent works from an ongoing project, including a series of metal sculptures and a light installation.

The artist writes:

You never know what can come in with the currents… This ebony object, this Nypa seed, alluringly demands to be picked up. So enticing that it perfectly fits in the palm of your hand. So effortlessly gentle and smooth that its curves follow the fluidity of the oceans’ waves which delivered it to this beach. It appears to be delicate, fragile even. It can almost be perceived as helpless or wandering. But in that same instant its tenacity and fortitude discloses itself. Solid. It has the capacity to endure. Its bristles folding in on themselves as if to hold their narratives captive.
Portable, yet what does it carry?

All are invited.

About the artist:

Giorvana Hadeed (b. 1999, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) is an artist based between Trinidad and London. She works primarily with sculpture and installation. Her practice explores ideas surrounding the sea, the Caribbean, and notions of the landscape. Having a particular allure towards metal, her work takes shape through methods of mapping and circularity. She holds a BA from Goldsmiths, University of London.