A collective exploration of the restorative dimensions of sound, intimacy, the erotic and the otherworldly.
opening TH 25.01, 18:00 — 23:00
FR 26.01 13:00 — 20:30
WE — FR 13:00 — 17:00
SA 12:00 — 18:00
In resonance with Eden Tinto Collins’ exhibition 'Roaming the Imaginal', Evan Ifekoya invites us into a summoning through sound, vibration, breath and togetherness with 'Undercurrent 528' and 'Contoured Thoughts'.
Undercurrent 528, UK, 2021, 15 min.
'Undercurrent 528' draws on Stephen Dwoskin’s complex relationship with care, desire and everyday rituals as made visible in his vast oeuvre and reorients it from Ifekoya’s perspective. A series of invitations were sent out by Ifekoya to their extended black, queer and trans community for a dancer, a drummer, a gathering around breath and breathing and a sonic response to these images. This video work explores the relationship between documentation and liveness, opening portals of intimacy by bringing people together through different spaces and time. It is part of a series of works exploring the reparative dimension of sound and its potential as a gateway to alternate aspects of our reality.
Contoured Thoughts, UK, Iceland, 2019, 4 min.
'Contoured Thoughts' is a meditation on desire, recovery and the rituals of communion. A guide and conspirator alike, Ifekoya takes the viewer to another realm where time all but stands still. Regenerated by the blackness of water and land, the artist offers a moment to share the intimate, the erotic and the otherworldly.
Evan Ifekoya is an artist and energy worker who through sound, text, moving image and performance places demands on existing systems and institutions of power, to recentre and prioritise the experience and voice of those previously marginalised. The practice considers art as a site where resources can be both redistributed and renegotiated, whilst challenging the implicit rules and hierarchies of public and social space. Through archival and sonic investigations, they speculate on blackness in abundance. Their ongoing investigation considers the somatic experience of listening, the healing potential of sound and the spiritual dimension of sexuality.
https://evanifekoya.com/
still 1 + 2 | Contoured Thoughts
still 3 + 4 | Undercurrent 528
credits 'Undercurrent 538'
costume | Puer Deorum
dancer | Kalil Joigny
director of photography | Rufai Ajala
drummer | Remi Graves
editor | Evan Ifekoya, Junia Adenike
grading | Black Shuck
lighting | Nalin Dissanayake
hair | Stafi Samaki
producer | Ese Jade Onojeruo
second camera | Julian X
sound recording | Evan Ifekoya
sound score | Tygapaw
sound engineer | Laima Leyton
workshop facilitator | Clémentine Bedos
workshop participants | Amisha Abeyawardene, Tobi Adebajo, Gold Akanbi, Miya Browne, Lilli Chambers, Sarah Edo, Rashiyah Elanga, Assia Ghend
credits 'Contoured Thoughts'
art direction | Andie Macario
camera | Katarzyna Perlak
sound | Evan Ifekoya
producer | Taylor Le Melle
