I Am Black Because I Come from The Earth's Inside

Zivarna Murphy has a new commission running at Humber Street Gallery, I Am Black Because I Come from The Earth's Inside, which has been on since March. It's a reimagining of the shell grotto — those shell-lined caves that became a bit of a status symbol in British estates and gardens back in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Murphy points out that these were often built by women whose work went largely unrecorded, and she tangles that history with ideas of class, gender and Britishness.

To build it, she's worked with boulder clay gathered from around here, hand-formed ceramics and sculptural weaving. She leans into the grotto's long associations with retreat, ritual and transformation, treating the making itself as a process of discovery. The exhibition is the culmination of a studio residency she's held at Juice Studios through Holding Space, so this is the result of months of work coming together in one room.

Running alongside the exhibition is Open Light, a cross-disciplinary day of music, poetry, live performance, talks, activities, yoga, meditation and food. There's a lot to pick from: Kukuwa UK African dance fitness with Vikki Koshoni, Hatha yoga with Efia Rose, poetry from Young Identity poets Ella Otomewo and SAF-S2E, a performance by Phoebe Riley Law and Jez Riley French, and a drum circle with Isaac Acheampong. There's also an 'In Conversation' with Murphy and Maddie Rose Hills, where you can hear her talk through the work.

Open Light runs on Saturday 28 November from 11am to 6pm at the gallery, 64 Humber Street, HU1 1TU. Tickets are £3, which goes towards the cost of the food on the day.