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THE RESIDENCY

ORIGIN IS AN ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTATION IN EXPLORING AND CELEBRATING OUR DIFFERENCES. DOES DIFFERENCE NEED TO SEPARATE HUMANITY OR CAN IT PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE TO LEARN, GROW AND FIND MORE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, WISDOM AND VIBRANCY IN HUMANITY? ARE WE MORE CONNECTED DESPITE THESE DIFFERENCES...

 

CELEBRATED, LONDON ARTIST ADÉBAYO BOLAJI, JOURNEYS THROUGH THE CITY OF JAIPUR-INDIA FOR ONE MONTH, WITH A RESIDENCY AT SATTVA THEATRE ENGAGING IN FRESH WAYS OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE USING ART AS A LANGUAGE. THE ARTIST WILL ALLOW THE CITY AND CULTURE OF JAIPUR TO INFORM HIS ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND SHARE HIS FINDINGS ON THE 28TH OF MARCH 2025. THE ARTIST WILL USE SATTVA THEATRE AS HIS WORKING BASE WHERE THE FINAL PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLACE.

 

JOURNALS OF HIS TIME IN INDIA WILL BE DOCUMENTED ON HIS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT:  INSTAGRAM.COM/ADEBAYOBOLAJI

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IN HIS OWN WORDS:

“I GREW UP DIFFERENT BY BEING IN CIRCLES WHERE ON THE FACE OF IT I WAS SEPARATED FROM OTHERS BY MEANS OF THINGS LIKE CULTURE , AND I HAVE ALSO WORKED IN CREATIVE ENVIRONMENTS THAT ON THE SURFACE HAVE SEEMED DIFFERENT BUT WHEN I LOOKED CLOSER I FOUND A LAW OF NATURE THAT SEEMED TO UNITE HUMANITY IRONICALLY THROUGH DIFFERENCE ITSELF. DIFFERENCE MEANS THE UNFAMILIAR AND THE UNFAMILIAR CAN SOMETIMES PRODUCE FEAR. BUT THE CONTINUAL FINDINGS OF CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN US ALL PUSHES ME TO KEEP EXPLORING NEW SPACES TO FURTHER EDUCATE MYSELF ON OUR HUMANITY AND THAT MAYBE THERE IS NO NEED TO BE AFRAID OF OURSELVES”

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