Nabra
Nigel Dubois
Antwerp
About
Nigel Grey Dubois is an Antwerp-based photographer, visual artist and musician working across photography, post-photography, sound and digital media. His project Nabra explores recent Nubian history through photography, sandpaper supports and anthotypes made with turmeric from Elephantine Island. His earlier series Tainted Monolith was presented during Opus One 2020 at Permeke Library in Antwerp, in connection with Breedbeeld. He is also part of The Nest, a Belgian audiovisual art collective formed during RAIVE Summerschool, where he works with Max programming, live visuals and modular synthesis.
Project
Nabra, reflects on recent Nubian history and the socio-economic reality around Aswan and Kom Ombo. Through photographs on sandpaper and anthotypes made with turmeric from Elephantine Island, Nigel Grey Dubois explores loss, resilience and material memory. The work refers to scarcity, ingenuity and the Nubian villages now submerged beneath Lake Nasser, allowing traces of a displaced culture to remain present.