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"˜I Wonder As I Wander', a Film by Emeka Okereke
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Feb 29, 2020
Location: Berlin
I have just wrapped up a new short film on the great Berlin-based Nigerian photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi whose career spans over 4 decades. Some more info on the film below:

“In the short film “I WONDER AS I WANDER” (2019–20) directed by Emeka Okereke, two Berlin-based Nigerian photographers of different generations engage in a filmic dialogue that transpires between Berlin and Bamako. It captures Akinbode Akinbiyi’s decades long pursuit of interrelating photographic processes with the physical and mental rigor of wandering. This weaving of sequences provide a glimpse into essential acts of daily observation, corporeal movement, urban noise and study of light. While Akinbiyi closely identifies with sacred philosophies of Yorubaland in connection to rhythm, symmetry and balance, we might also consider in parallel the words of Nigerian novelist, poet and critic Chinua Achebe who has noted, “Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.” Akinbiyi’s photographs are conversation pieces, extending a dialogue between the viewer and the viewed. For this film, Emeka Okereke draws on a conversation that was first recorded with Akinbiyi as part of his podcast programme NKATA.”

— Natasha Ginwala, Curator of “Six Songs, Swirling Gracefully in Taut Air”.

This film is an E.O Multimedia Production; supported by Gropius  Bau Berlin as part of Akinbode Akinbiyi’s comprehensive solo exhibition “Six Songs, Swirling Gracefully in Taut Air”. 6 feb – 17 May, 2020.
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