I’m all about intersectionality*

*that is, cross cultural dialogues and narratives.

that is, doing african dance/mande to the soundtrack of final fantasy xii.

The Phon Coast theme goes hard yo.

I could say so much about these photos (but you can find more info about them on my website). All I can really say is that~

Sometimes I dance.

Sometimes I perform.

Sometimes I enter a trance state to unravel my mythopoeic self at the crossroads.

Its like she said, you’re always waiting to meet yourself in the white hot room, aint that the truth?

(Source: odera-igbokwe.com)

Video used for projection/performance. Explores the themes of legacies and life cycles through tableaus and immobility vs mobility vs disabilities vs Beyonce abilities

I always forget to share non-illustration work on this blog so I’ll start now.

This is a project I started in a RISD class, “Video & The Body”. Originally I just wanted to play with the idea of tableaus and embodying different sounds (using a song called “Yume no kakera [Fragments of a Dream] by Nobuchika Eri”).

But I eventually reworked it a bunch of times, changed the music (from a jpop song to 1+1 to I Was Here), and used it for a “drag” performance as a video projection. I use the term drag loosely, because I have a history of just doing…strange performance things…that brush upon gender identity through embodied movements. For instance, emerging from a handmade cocoon to Bjork’s Venus as a Boy.

Anyway this video specifically was used to explore the idea of legacies, since it was my last year at RISD—a really magical time to say the least.

(Source: odera-igbokwe.com)

The other day I performed in the Brown/RISD Drag show, which was actually just my excuse to do whatever I wanted on stage. The stage is really just one big therapy session, and I wanted to do more than koochie krumping for the sake of koochie krumping . So I essentially created a new works/world traditions solo piece (Lift Off by Bey, Jay, and Kanye + Basement Jaxx’s Scars + IWH) #yoloshow2012.

The performance ended with this video projection to I Was Here, followed by me singing (barely… since singing after dancing/fooning/authentic improving is NO joke @__@) the last chorus and adlibs.

It all meant alot to me, and I had ALL OF THE FEELINGS during/after the performance #graduation #legacies #difficulttransitions #deathanddying #cycles #lovelost #anditsabeautifulsong 

(Source: odera-igbokwe.com)

…during wintersession I produced 1% of the work I wanted to make.

But uh, here’s my final from my video & the body course.

it’s super self indulgent, and there’s still alot of kinks I have to work out. So I may revisit or rework the whole ~video tableau~mobility~immobility thing going on…perhaps even some overlays of hand drawn animation?