The Caucacity is prompted by the so often blurred lines between cultural appreciation and appropriation, and draws its main inspiration from Morning Gloryville's recent 'Africa' themed event.
The Caucacity is prompted by the so often blurred lines between cultural appreciation and appropriation, and draws its main inspiration from MorningGloryville's recent 'Africa' themed event:
The Caucacity is prompted by the so often blurred lines between cultural appreciation and appropriation, and draws its main inspiration from Morning Gloryville's recent 'Africa' themed event.
The Caucacity is prompted by the so often blurred lines between cultural appreciation and appropriation, and draws its main inspiration from MorningGloryville's recent 'Africa' themed event:
IJEOMA UZOUKWU
artist & dj (sasoraye)
I am a multifaceted artist mostly exploring themes of self-actualisation in my practice. My aim is to create portals by experimenting with sound, paint and graphic design. I enjoy making space for introspection through mind altering work, conceptually and aesthetically. Believing in expansion through experience, I often discuss themes of astrology and metaphysics in my work. Post 2019 - I have decided to dedicate more time to my artistic practice.
As a DJ, I go by the name "Sasoraye" - Enjoying the cross pollination of culture through sound, questioning - how are sounds we don't instantly place together, more connected at their roots than we think? I play genres ranging between Jersey Club, Footwork, Electronic, Afro-house, Garage + More.
Education
Higher National Diploma - Graphic Design
Barking College
Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Graphic Design for Advertising
University Of Arts London, London College of Communication
Exhibitions
Meet The Artist - Black and White Gallery, April 2017
This is the End - Candid arts Trust, 2019
Diasporas Now - www.diasporasnow.com July2021
Features & Articles
Clash - Featured speaker in the BFI commissioned film by Amrou Kadhi, 2017
The Welcome Collective - Another Way To Listen
CONTRA
"An invented language, an invitation. A drawing of connections through symbolic movement.
A path is carved and consecrated. Starting close, zooming out, viewed from different perspectives. Intuitive and layered - sometimes reactionary, sometimes expressive.
This piece is formed through the ______ between the two artists. For Ijeoma sharing adopted practices from the last 2 years; for Josh engaging in yet undefined practices. Both coming from different ends and meeting in the middle, whilst establishing boundaries within oneself.
Tap tap tapping into
Tap tap
Ap ap ap
T-T-T-T-T
tatatatatata
With Contra the audience fills in the _____."
Commissioned by Diaspora Now, CONTRA is devised and performed by Josh Woolford and Ijeoma Uzoukwu.
Live steam performance - 01/07/2021 - 16:00 GMT
re-generation
"This project looks at my Covid-19 experience from a sonic perspective. The soundscape is a journey through varying thoughts, emotions and mental downloads observed during isolation. Here I consider influences such as media, planetary placements and music, relating them to what we are currently experiencing under the thumb of Covid-19.
This experience comes with a question of what it is to be a Black Queer Woman during this pandemic, then in turn, what the future could look like for those who share my identity.
This soundscape/meditation aims to usher in understanding of our times and a balance through introspection. I also wrote a poem that features in the sound space.
April 2020
Cobalt cusp
Cobalt cusp is an idea inspired by the Piscean/Aquarian cusp of the zodiac. My interest in astrology leads me to believe that this is the cusp of divine femininity. Water being the conduite of spirt and the most feminine of the elements, it exists here in both Pisces and Aquarius.
Aquarius is an air sign but the name suggests other wise - "Aqua" speaking to the watery nature which lives in this sign. I was born on this cusp and so feel a connection to the energy it emits. Many great calendars, e.g. The Mayan calendar claim we are currently living through this cusp - 'The dawning of the age of Aquarius'.
As a black woman I feel a deep connection to this. Blackness has always felt divinely feminine to me and the truth of this sits in the magnetic nature of black people, whilst referring to Africa as "the mother land" . The symbol of Aquarius is a man pouring water out of a pitcher, I would argue it is more fitting to imagine Yemaya rising from the ocean, cleansing the world only to revealing a new one.
Pieces include a poem, a video projection and two paintings.
April 2019
SOUND/DJ SETS
UK QTIPOC EMERGENCY RELIEF
Virtual rave & fundraiser for UK QTIBIPOC Emergency Relief & Hardship Fund
May 2020
SISTAH SPACE
A livestream fundraising event in aid of Sistah Space
"Sistah Space is a London-based charity dedicated to supporting African & Caribbean heritage women and girls affected by domestic and sexual abuse. Now under imminent threat of eviction, Sistah Space is being forced to suspend their essential and life-saving services, or return to unsuitable and unsafe premises by August 31st"
More about Sistah Space
August 2020
DIASPORAS NOW
“All the Guilty Things” explores the meltdown of sovereignty, the power of empathy and the crisis of imagination in domestic space. By creating a raunchy, chaotic, and shameful private sphere, the exhibition playfully revolts against the current disciplinary society, where individuals are constantly self-enslaved to comply with social expectations.
Location is a secret and wholesome place in Central London, address released upon successful booking - email for details.
DJ Set
Flyer design by @zzltm
