a mobile lecture of sorts ~
On no fixed schedule, Orchestra, an ongoing series, of embracing and sharing artistic research in non-academic loosely defined lectures, performances, listening parties and sharing. Orchestra is interested in exploring alternative models of academia, sharing space and embodiment.
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Capacity limited for COVID-19 safety, masks required. ASL translation will be provided. Building entrance at 268 Keefer Street is at street level with no steps. Lobby has a ramp with handrail to reach the elevator. Elevator access to each floor, universal washrooms on each floor.
Sola recounts Ahọn Dudu's story through the practice of Yorùbá storytelling.
Sola as Ahọn Dudu invites you to reflect on the great land of Oke and what led to its fall through her story-performance.
Ahọn Dudu is Sola's Masters thesis project and a story Sola wrote to recount her experience with lack of Black communal culture in a community she was part of in 2019/2020. She especially tells her experience with the unwillingness to make space for black people in this environment and does this through the framework of a Yorùbá folktale.
The story explores themes such as denial, the glass box, the facade: diversity as well as racism, oppression, white supremacy, race, identity, censorship and more
You can read/listen to the stories here.
Olúwáṣọlá Kẹ́hìndé Olówó-Aké
is a Nigerian of the Yorùbá ethnic group, born in Lagos State. She completed her Fashion Design undergraduate degree in the UK in 2019 and in 2021, completed her Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Design in Canada. Her design practice focuses on using Yorùbá storytelling methods to speak into issues regarding the black race in her environment and additionally depict narratives that are befitting of black bodies- through dance, song, ways of wearing and poetry. She also has a podcast on spotify named ‘...into words with Sola.’
She is the host of The Writing Circle Project (WCP).
Linktree: linktr.ee/solaolowoake
Orchestra is made possible with the generous support of SightLines
image: Ariella Ilona