Otobong Nkanga session. IVAM Estiu
Opening of Craving for Southern Light; Music session by Oumoukala from Okro Fam
The third of our IVAM Estiu sessions is part of the opening of the exhibition Otobong Nkanga. Craving for Southern Light. For the occasion, the piece Constellation to Appease will be performed by the artist and three singers.
During the exhibition opening and cocktail, Oumoukala, from the Okro Fam collective, will perform a music session focusing on sound as an element of memory and narration of identity.
Oumoukala is a researcher, promotor of Okro, DJ, model and anthropologist born in Mauritania. Her principal concerns revolve around music and sound as elements of identity and memory-related narrative. Enjoyment in the use and combination of these elements is fundamental in her work.