when i return who will receive me — sweat variant

when i return who will receive me
2019

when I return who will receive me was a visual installation with performance and movement that used research from Okpokwasili and Born’s work Poor People’s TV Room. Merging performance, dance, visual design and music, when i return who will receive me was inspired by embodied protest practices of Nigerian women in the 1920s, forgotten narratives of resistance, speculative fiction and the Nollywood cinema industry of Nigeria.

conceived by Okwui Okpokwasili
created in collaboration and performed by with Thuli Dumakude, Okwui Okpokwasili, Omagbitse Omagbemi, Katrina Reid, Phumzile Sitole, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, and Nehemoyia Young
designed and directed by Peter Born

Fort Jay Magazine, New York as part of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s River to River Festival; June 18-19, 2016

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when i return who will receive me
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