Episode 23: Nerenda Eid, Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
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Nerenda Eid, installation, media artist
Exploring the impact of mythology and messaging at the intersection of gender, race and religion - Eid exposes the sources and boundaries of vulnerability, identity and agency utilizing video, sound, found and other objects, in installation frameworks.
The Ripple Effect is a multi-channel video installation exploring masculinity and vulnerability through the female gaze. It invites the viewer to see men intimately and unexpectedly while interrogating notions of manhood.
Her most recent project, The Untitled Underground Railroad Ride Project, a documentary following five Black and Latinx cyclists as they travel through the Deep South on a route inspired by the Underground Railroad, is currently in post-production.
Eid, a freelance producer and AMP Watt Program Fellow, born in Liberia and raised in Switzerland and the US, has produced film, commercials & branded content as well as experiential for brands like Fenty, Nike, GE, Moncler, Yeezy and the Cannes Lions’ shortlisted, Wallace.
While living in Baltimore, Maryland in 2000, she curated a series of group shows called A Future Ancient Civilization: a presentation of visual art, music performances and literary readings, which was featured in the Baltimore City Paper.
In 2004, she went on to curate, The Children Left Behind: AIDS Orphans Around the World, a 1,200 square foot touring exhibition of work by children from countries affected by AIDS for Catholic Relief Services.
Eid is influenced by her atypical upbringing and decade plus-long career in the film, commercial/branded content space.
www.nerendaeid.com