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“About nothing but true events” body of work  is a creative exploration characterised by Impulse, whim and Fantasy while focusing on transition and nowness from a personal stance and as it relates to my practice. I began this series during the lockdown in 2020 as  a get-away/daily exercise and more importantly as an exercise to avoid creative block. I was curious about the idea of beginning a thing and letting it take shape, the notion of nurturing and uncertainty as they exist side by side.  Furthermore, I also was concerned with the works reflecting current  times typified by uncertainty and presentness. The body of work is a continuous presentation that seeks to  interpret alternatively personal/daily events. This piece is a unit of the "break your leg body of work".


Genuflect

This work is a constituent of Techno Heads series (2018-ongoing) which examines globalization as it affects technology, continued human interactions as well as movement - Navigation of spaces. The project focuses on how individuals within contemporary African society navigate through day-to-day patterns of life, infiltrated with technology, even in its simplest form. It shows how the contemporary society strongly revolves around and depends on technology for communication, motion, and navigation, all of which are central aspects of human existence. This project portrays figments of this phenomenon as part of a being, swapping naturally occurring forms of the subjects with an infusion of mechanized forms projecting the idea of a techno-utopia. It also dabbles into the concept of Metaphysics in the African context, exploring how identity, space and time have become intricately linked with even the simplest products of technology. 

Megacity Experiment VII, 2020

I started working on this project during my time at the artist residency with the Arthouse Foundation in 2020. The body of work “How close can it get?“ interrogates the limits of closeness in relation to dense urban populations. Inspired by the movements of people within the city of Lagos, imagining both real and unreal spaces. I referenced currencies, numbers and analytical data, overlapping different sources and modes of technological information. Combining texts, writings and inscriptions using an embossing technique, along with drawings, digital collage and stamping while mapping the city from a nuanced perspective. The body of work points to how people’s experiences of personal space are dictated by socio-economic conditions and wealth inequalities. This piece is one of the multimedia pieces produced during the residency. 

For more info : https://www.josephobanubi.com/howclosecanitget#14
https://www.arthousefoundation-ng.com/artists

One too many sadness

this work is a unit of the project titled ''Altered reality and escapes'' which underscores the flawed physical state and emotional imbalance that exists in the society. It expresses the internal state of the contemporary society, with gaps that represent the perceived abnormalities that exist in them. The response to this is that myriads of individuals are trapped in self-delusion, seeking various ways to alter reality. The works in this project are metaphoric representations of altered reality, as a response to the dysfunctionality that exists in the larger society. It attempts to accentuate the ways in which escapes (spaces) are created in the mind, through which pseudo satisfaction or gratification is derived, as a consequence of the surrounding dysfunction. The visual representations of these created spaces are unreal and they exist in a manner of augmented reality, as the interaction and navigation between these new mind-found spaces are almost as true as reality. 

 A Lopsided Tale VIII

Water and sanitation are human rights, yet millions of individuals live without access to water and decent sanitation. This work is part of the project which aims to raise awareness on this issue. For many communities, water sources are often far from homes and it is often the responsibility of children, women and girls to devote much of their time and energy to collecting water, a task that often exposes them to human attack and even wild animals. Without better hygiene, people have no choice but to use inadequate community latrines or practice outdoor defecation. Finding a place to go to the bathroom outside, often having to wait until dark, can make them vulnerable to sexual abuse and assault. In the surrounding environment, exposed feces will be transferred to people's food and water resources, contributing to the spread of serious diseases such as cholera.

Present continious I

This  work is a  manifestation of the current state of my artistic practice, The idea of Creative expression as a constituent of self expression and as both factors intertwine. My approach to execution of this  piece involves conveying  simple action/Movement characterised by the Human (body), photomontage, music and Origami as a liberal interpretation of expression of one’s voice and also an entrance into collaboration. 

NOTE: Watch with earphones for wholesome experience.

#Voice Residency

Masquerade in Lagos 

This work is a unit of the project titled ''Altered reality and escapes'' which underscores the flawed physical state and emotional imbalance that exists in the society. It expresses the internal state of the contemporary society, with gaps that represent the perceived abnormalities that exist in them. The response to this is that myriads of individuals are trapped in self-delusion, seeking various ways to alter reality. The works in this project are metaphoric representations of altered reality, as a response to the dysfunctionality that exists in the larger society. It attempts to accentuate the ways in which escapes (spaces) are created in the mind, through which pseudo satisfaction or gratification is derived, as a consequence of the surrounding dysfunction. The visual representations of these created spaces are unreal and they exist in a manner of augmented reality, as the interaction and navigation between these new mind-found spaces are almost as true as reality. 

Break a leg II

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