Rana El-Mahmoud

 
 

I have always been interested in humanitarian practices and storytelling.

The final work for 2020 was different to what I planned. A combination of challenges highlighted isolated spirits and a hunger for love and social connection that I created through cooking. My project, The Comfort Book, became the therapeutic solution to bringing cultures together and creating joyful discussion. Besides sharing recipes, experiences and stories, each of the contributors also emotionally represented how food strengthens their belonging. The personal comfort and challenge was to buy the ingredients, cook, plan and set up the home studio and to make photographs. My curation involved everything I could do to efficiently execute the project; I planned, designed and collaborated scenes with an interesting community of various artists and people who modelled for their first time and have since become friends.


Comfort and Memorabilia, 2020
Pigment print

 
 
 
 
 
Gracia Haby

I have been collaborating with Louise Jennison since 1999, making artists’ books, collages, large-scale installations, prints, drawings, zines, and various tales. Besotted still, it appears, with paper for its adaptable, concealable, revealing nature, we use an armoury of play, the poetic and familiar too, with the intention of luring you into our A(rtists’ books) to Z(ines).

As artists and wildlife carers, our practice frequently concerns the natural world, addressing themes of conservation and biodiversity. Our home-based studio is also home to our wildlife shelter, Tiny but Wild.

I collage with words about dance for Fjord Review.

http://gracialouise.com
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