THE OCEAN AFRICAN
Posts tagged with OceanAfrica
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Tico Armand & Stevenson Jean | Modern Day Adam & Eve
Creative muses Tico Armand and Stevenson Jean collaborated with Miami-based Puerto Rican photographer Joey Rosado to create a breathtaking series of images symbolising the beauty of love from the genesis of humanity. Photographed in Miami and with Armand carrying the mantle of creative director, the muses captured the intense feeling…
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Baloji | ZOMBIES
Congolese-Belgique musician, poet and film director BALOJI unleashes ZOMBIES - an energetic and dynamic observation on society’s obsession with mobile technology that often leaves us in a vegetative glaze as we gaze into illuminated screens. The unique and captivating artist shows us why he has been added to Cadence Films…
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Aaron Lewis | Cosmic Romance
The perception attached to various forms of art always seems to change over time. Most recently, we’ve heard great artists such as Picasso himself; being referred to as ‘overrated’, by a new, younger class of artists and collectors respectively. With breakthroughs in technology, craft and a return to acute prowess,…
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Charlotte Chambers | Ethiopia: A Land of Natural Contrast
Nestled in the Horn of Africa, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is world renowned as one of Africa’s true gems. With thick forests, cascading rivers and large mountain ranges creating habitats for a vast range of unique flora and fauna indigenous to these lands. It is certainly no surprise…
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Munyaradzi Chidakwa | Heavenly Havana
Summer may be over but that doesn’t mean one cannot search for a pocket of sun across the globe. That is exactly what Zimbabwean photographer Munyaradzi Chidakwa had in mind, escaping the European winter chill in favour of the tropical old world aesthetic of the Cuban capital, La Habana.
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Zarita Zevallos | Imperium
The bold and dynamic series Imperium by Zarita Zevallos celebrates black skin in a raw and organic setting. Using a clean white backdrop, the subject stretches and flexes as glimmering glass shards and golden sands are splayed across, creating a richly woven, near Adamic celebration of the origin of man.…
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My summer 2018 was: vibrant, revolutionary and anything but the norm!
by Damilola Ayo-Vaughan
Notting Hill Carnival, 2018, Tino Chiwariro The days are getting shorter, the nights chillier — summer has finally come to an end. Whether you got a summer job, travelled to new places, partied on the streets of Notting Hill during carnival, or felt under the weather, summer…
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Manic & Magnetic: Shingai Owns The Albany
words and images by Damilola Ayo-Vaughan
Standing in the middle of the Albany, a packed; newly refurbished south London venue, gripping my camera, I am filled with the excitement and the familiar dread that comes with the anticipation of watching star perform for the first time. Shingai Shoniwa towers above,…
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Zimbabwean-born singer-songwriter and poet RUE shifts moods in urban dreamscape in short film ‘The Winter Collection’
Earlier this year, multi-talented Zimbabwean-born singer-songwriter and poet RUE contributed poetry works for the groundbreaking SISTA! - an anthology of writings on same-gender love between women of African and Caribbean descent, including bi, queer, non-binary women. ‘The Summer Collection’ was the last EP that RUE released in late 2016. She…
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Printmaking & stamp making with George Petsikopoulos
Visual artist George Petsikopoulos held a three-day printmaking and stamp-making workshop at Mile End Park Art Pavilion in East London inviting parents and children to work on unfamiliar crafts. The Greek artist worked with children of all ages, piquing their curiosity; sharing with them the basics of his technique and…
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Inviting, Welcoming & Warm: BBZ & SYFU’s Alternative Graduate Show
By Damilola Ayo-Vaughan
Being a student of colour in an overseas art institution can be a very isolating experience. It can be draining to cover a syllabus largely non-reflective of your history and be tutored by teachers of dissimilar educational orientation. To this extent, attending an arts event featuring works…
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60 Seconds with Tina Ramos Ekongo
Tina Ramos Ekongo is an Equatorial-Guinean artist whose works celebrate feminism and the strength of womanhood. The Manchester-based artist shared delicate acrylic portraits celebrating the rich diversity and cultural vibrance of African women with us. Educated at the School of Art Zaragoza, Murcia and Valencia, Spain and Sheffield Hallam University,…
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Mary Obando | Women’s Geometry
Capturing the enigmatic and mysterious, Colombian photographer Mary Obando’s visual exploits invite us into her fantasy world of realism and Dali-esque metaphors. Stemming from a world of quirky visions, Obando aims to seduce, amuse and entertain audiences with her surreal images as previously executed in photographic projects such as Rituals…
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Zarita Zevallos | Kòktèl
Haitian photographer and architect Zarita Zevallos unleashes a powerful photographic series celebrating identity and modern masculinity. Having been taught the intricacies of photography by her father, the New York based Haitian architect and photographer has grown a name for herself, tackling tough social issues such as modern gender roles, alienation,…
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Murjoni Merriweather | A Love of Clay
Our radar sits comfortably on Baltimore native Murjoni Merriweather - a sculptor who creates clay and ceramic works revolving around African-American culture. Merriweather’s work bases itself on the self-love, self acceptance and self discovery of African-Americans. Citing her influences on communities, people of colour, black bodies and black hair, the…
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Shawn Theodore | ‘Church of Broken Pieces’ Exhibition Précis
By Niama Safia Sandy
Shawn Theodore’s Church of Broken Pieces is a photographic exploration of the psychic, physical and technological translocation of black America. Theodore’s photographs document the success of the movements toward plural black identities, and free, safe black digital spaces and futures - even as displacement/gentrification, socio-economic disparity…