Nisha Duggal: Making, Listening

Hannah Kemp-Welch talks to Nisha Duggal about Held, a multi-platform project in which she guided people to make simple, clay sculptures while sharing conversations.


Episode 13     November 8, 2024
Contributors    Nisha Duggal     |   Hannah Kemp-Welch    

Nisha Duggal is an artist working across various mediums, exploring expressions of freedom in the everyday. She is interested in the transformative qualities of making and doing, engineering situations that uncover deep-seated primitive impulses to connect.

In this episode, she tells us about Held, a multi-platform project in which she guided people to make pairs of simple, clay sculptures formed from the space within the palms of their hands. The crafting enabled her to connect and share conversations about place, land and belonging with participants.