Studienkabinett der Prof.in Ogẹdẹ aka. Musa sapientum
an artistic-research on ancestral futurism, 2021
<rotor> centre for contemporary art
this room was conceived by Daniela Brasil for the School of the We
invited works/ artists:
Nomadic Healing Wheel, Delaine le Bas & Mara Lea Hohn
Seeding Stories: a living archive, Sophie Krier
A Basic Exercise, Ayumi Matzusaka
Really Free Seed Bank, Triple AAA
in collaboration with the Botanical Garden & Kunstgarten, Graz
A fictional institution questioning colonial knowledge production, a space for studies on healing practices in a multiplicity of levels; a homage to the sentient wisdom of the plants, Prof. Ogẹdẹ is the Yorubá name of the Banana Tree, one of the most resilient migrant plants, whose fruits are nutritious, but also its flowers and leafs have special powers.
The Cabinet evokes social memories and spiritual forces from collective practices engaged in freeing and healing the soil, the body, and the soul; It praises healthier relationships among us – human, more-than-human, and with the Earth. It is an invitation for visitors to enter a chaos-world of (in)visible relations, between secrecy, resistance, and discovery, across cultures and ancestralities. It shows paths for healing the colonial wounds, for engaging with learning journeys outside the academic institutions, by reclaiming subjugated knowledges and other forms of knowledge transmission. There are many possible points of entry… and ways of contributing, open to formats and contents that emerge. We are composting waste and creating fertile soil for these practices and inquiries to intertwine and grow…
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// collections of healing plants, magic and ritualistic objects, seeds, stones, plant inks, soil experiments, human and animal bodily waste; photography, collage and painting; books, thoughts, and field notes
// the space could be activated in various forms: seeds-exchange, techniques and recipes sharing, storytelling,
// visitors were invited to meditate, draw, and write letters.
// readings and study groups were welcome.
Thank you:
Karla Barroso for the guidance through our shared social memories,
to Otto Hernandez, Yuri, Mariana and Naila, for joining me in the merging of art and life,
Evelyn Tschernko, Rossella Libardoni & Ousman Bah for their gifts,
Farmers from the Lendplatz, for donating cow and sheep dung for soil making,
Ali, Andi and the wood workshop of Open.Lab Reininghaus
InRiCo – Indigenous Rights Collective Graz.
and to the places where I have gathered some of the materials and sentipensamientos displayed here:
Settlement of Tatuyo and Tukano peoples at the Rio Negro, Amazon
the land foundation & Earth Rights Foundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Swaraj University, Udaipur, India
CACAO/ Unitierra Oaxaca, & the Zapatistas, Mexico
PUC & Open City of Ritoque, Valparaíso
Schloss Kannawurf, Germany
Photography: Thomas Raggan, Daniela Brasil, Alexandra Ganz and Florine Spies.
