Spotlight on Huda - Creative Artist

Can you start by telling us a little about yourself and what you currently do?

Sure, my name is Huda, and I am currently doing a lot of different things. I am an artist; my personal practice is creative robotics, which is super fun. I work a lot with the body and queer identity. I am also currently working at Jacksons Lane for the Christmas day event for elderly and vulnerable people and St Margarets House, where we are organising a scratch theatre evening to raise awareness around the Palestinian heritage and culture.

How did you find out about Future Formed?

After university, I went into like an oh my god, what am I doing moment. I was kind of scrolling through the internet, writing loads of applications for grants and residencies, and then I was scrolling through Instagram, and Future Formed popped up, and I was like well, it can’t hurt to have someone who knows what they are doing tell me ways to get to something I want to do. So, when I met Dominique and Kaveh and spoke to them, they were really calming and helped me think about different things I am interested in and paved a way for me to experiment.

So, you are currently splitting your time between working at Jacksons Lane and St Margarets house, what sort of things do you get up to on a daily basis?

We usually start with a coffee and discuss what we are going to do for the day. We’re currently in the research and development phase, and we’re thinking about how we are going to bring in Palestinian artists and poets to create an evening that really highlights humanity but also seeing Palestinian people as people. I feel sometimes when you watch the news it can be quite dehumanizing, and it’s important to remember that they’re people with a really rich history, culture, food, music, and even fashion and clothing, it’s all part of identity. I think it's important to bring that into a space where people can experience that.

In terms of your placement and working here, what sort of things have you learned or want to learn?

What I have learned since moving from Hastings to London is that there is so much going on you just kind of have to know where to look and get in contact with other people and it's good to be as cheeky as possible. If you want to help or get involved, all you have to do is drop an email and be like hey, I am here and I am ready to learn.

See some of Huda's work on Instagram