🍏 April Digbeth First Friday: ‘Endangered Pudding’ with Faye Matloub and Harmanpreet Randhawa 🍏
🗓 Friday, 3 April
⏰ 6-8pm
📍Grand Union, Minerva Works, B5 5RT
We are delighted that Harmanpreet Randhawa will be joining for April's Digbeth First Friday, where they will present ‘Atte di Chiri (Sparrow of dough)’ as part of ‘Endangered Pudding’. 💖
Harman is an artist and artist-curator working across drawing, performance, sculpture, writing, and curation. Informed by material semiotics, postcolonial thought, and lived experience, their practice gestures toward the limits of dominant Euro-American knowledge systems, particularly the ways these frameworks render other ways of knowing and being irrational or illegible. 🌾
Attending to the complex relationships between language/words, culture, knowledge, identity, and the body, their work advances a mode of narration that privileges pluralism, abstraction and opacity, resisting linear and readily visible forms of meaning. 🌟
Find out more about ‘Endangered Pudding’ at the link in our bio 🔗
@digbethfirstfri
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@leahrhickey
@beth_exley
📸 ‘NaMa Lum / The one who does not know’, performances by Harmanpreet Randhawa, 2024, The Old Fire Station, Oxford. Image by Mark Devereux.
[Image description - A portrait image of Harmanpreet Randhawa performing at the Old Fire Station in Oxford. They are illuminated in a blue-toned purple light as they kneel on the ground, topless in front of a pale curtain. Harman holds their hand up to their face, obscuring most of their features in a soft gesture, pressing between their eyebrows. A silver bangle glints on their wrist. A fully clothed figure sits cross-legged behind them, watching the performance.]
![Access Information: ‘HORSES!’, May Digbeth First Friday ⭐️ Friday, 1 May⏰ 6-8pm Grand Union, Minerva Works, B5 5RS Ahead of ‘HORSES!’ tomorrow evening, we’re providing some detailed access information to ensure your visit is as comfortable as possible, and to help you decide if this event is right for you. Grand Union is located up two flights of stairs (40 steps), and we do not have a working lift. Visitors can arrive from 6pm, and there will be a pay bar serving alcoholic and soft drinks. 6:15pm: ’Stepney Western’ (2025) by Harry Lawson (approx. 40 mins). There will then be a 15-minute break while we set up the following film. 7:10pm: ’HORSES!’ (2026) by Linda Stupart (approx. 15 mins). Please note that ‘HORSES!’ contains scenes which may trigger photosensitive epilepsy.We then encourage visitors to head downstairs to the Grand Union Canal, by Centrala. ️ 7:40pm: Linda will be delivering a live performance by the Canal. Please note that this 20-minute performance will feature a horse.Please get in touch via DM, email at info@grand-union.org.uk, or by phone at 0121 643 9079 for any questions or to discuss access further. To view our access information in full, please head to the link in our bio.@digbethfirstfri@flatpackfestival@harrylaws.on@lindastupart Image: ‘Stepney Western’ (2025) dir. Harry Lawson. Image courtesy of Harry Lawson.[Image description: A silhouette of a cowboy on a horse, stood to attention against a warm, orange sunset. In the distance is an electrical tower, erected in the centre of a tumbling, grassy field. The sky is umber, with rolling clouds overhead.]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6739191046541045425856_0_5b0225a9796523484ec5c69a1fa29539.jpg?o=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&h=02ccfbb9f6df201e557087897512f28d)
![April Digbeth First Friday: ‘Endangered Pudding’ with Faye Matloub and Harmanpreet Randhawa Friday, 3 April⏰ 6-8pm Grand Union, Minerva Works, B5 5RT'Endangered Pudding' is right around the corner, and we can't wait for Faye Matloub to join us here at Grand Union, where she will be presenting 'Ode to the Date'! ️Faye is a British-born Iraqi artist and chef based in London. In 2023, she graduated from Central Saint Martins with a degree in Sculpture. Following her studies, her artistic practice gradually transitioned toward the medium of food. As her work moved beyond the confines of the studio and onto the plate, she began to define this evolving body of work as Edible Mediums. Edible Mediums encompassed a diverse range of formats, including workshops, community engagement projects, supper clubs, and written work. As a second-generation Iraqi, Faye uses food to engage with different communities, learn from them, and conduct research on the preservation of migrant identity – emphasising the importance of creating accessible language for first and second generation immigrants like herself in a creative context. Find out more about ‘Endangered Pudding’ at the link in our bio @digbethfirstfri@edible.mediums@intro_jam@leahrhickey@beth_exley[image description - A portrait image of Faye Matloub. Faye looks directy at the camera, holding a small white book in her hands. Faye wears a bolack shiny skirt and a mesh leopard print top with metal bangles adornign her wrist. Her long dark hair is worn down and curly.]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6747137039491016184318_0_b4db738957272e0d7827881d870e025d.jpg?o=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&h=9368fcf4f47f590080b575f912fbf6cf)
![April Digbeth First Friday: ‘Endangered Pudding’ with Faye Matloub and Harmanpreet Randhawa Friday, 3 April⏰ 6-8pm Grand Union, Minerva Works, B5 5RTWe are delighted that Harmanpreet Randhawa will be joining for April's Digbeth First Friday, where they will present ‘Atte di Chiri (Sparrow of dough)’ as part of ‘Endangered Pudding’. Harman is an artist and artist-curator working across drawing, performance, sculpture, writing, and curation. Informed by material semiotics, postcolonial thought, and lived experience, their practice gestures toward the limits of dominant Euro-American knowledge systems, particularly the ways these frameworks render other ways of knowing and being irrational or illegible. Attending to the complex relationships between language/words, culture, knowledge, identity, and the body, their work advances a mode of narration that privileges pluralism, abstraction and opacity, resisting linear and readily visible forms of meaning. Find out more about ‘Endangered Pudding’ at the link in our bio @digbethfirstfri@h_a_r_m_a_n_art@leahrhickey@beth_exley ‘NaMa Lum / The one who does not know’, performances by Harmanpreet Randhawa, 2024, The Old Fire Station, Oxford. Image by Mark Devereux.[Image description - A portrait image of Harmanpreet Randhawa performing at the Old Fire Station in Oxford. They are illuminated in a blue-toned purple light as they kneel on the ground, topless in front of a pale curtain. Harman holds their hand up to their face, obscuring most of their features in a soft gesture, pressing between their eyebrows. A silver bangle glints on their wrist. A fully clothed figure sits cross-legged behind them, watching the performance.]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6747644538733616702117_0_b1eb3e6d73c9553f36fe284df3191e10.jpg?o=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&h=7faea9862df99712d7e286370fb0c186)
![April Digbeth First Friday: ‘Endangered Pudding’ with Faye Matloub and Harmanpreet Randhawa Friday, 3 April⏰ 6-8pm Grand Union, Minerva Works, B5 5RTJoin us on Friday, 3 April for ‘Endangered Pudding’, an evening of performance exploring memory, preservation and loss of oral tradition through food, spoken word and movement. Faye Matloub and Harmanpreet Randahawa will respond to the idea of food heritage in danger of being forgotten or overlooked. Inspired by the specificity of puddings declared ‘at risk’ by English Heritage, both artists have drawn on their personal relationships to recipes and ingredients to explore the importance of food as a universal, sensory language. ‘Endangered Pudding’ unearths the knowledge which lies between the lines of the recipe, and the words spoken between spoonfuls. To learn more about ‘Endangered Pudding’ click the link in our bio to visit our website ACCESS INFORMATION: Exact timings will be confirmed soon and shared via our website and social media channels.Access to Grand Union is up two flights of stairs (40 steps), and we do not have a working lift. We have a large gender-neutral bathroom on site, with no mobility aids inside. Expect mixed lighting and the use of wheat flour within the performances.@digbethfirstfri@h_a_r_m_a_n_art@edible.mediums@intro_jam@leahrhickey@beth_exley[image description - A portrait image of white flour scattered on a dark grey floor from one of Harman’s performance explorations. The flour is smeared around in places and imprinted with the marks of hands and feet, as if someone had crawled through the space. Pale pink text of various sizes is overlaid on the image that reads: ‘April Digbeth First Friday; Endangered Pudding with Faye Matloub & Harmanpreet Randhawa; 03/04/2026; Grand Union’.]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6747681624574363486317_0_688d8b1facf8f813752fe93de34794ce.jpg?o=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&h=ad8db78e0c118802ea9258a541a1d34f)
