TAO OF EXHILE
Performed at Midlands Arts Centre May 2002 as Part of the COLLIDE Commissioning Programme for Black Artists 2002.

I was asked to produce animations for the stage backdrop of this multimedia, one-man play. The technicians and artists on the production contributed collaboratively through the development process of the play.

The story is about an African griot (story-teller) who ventures to Britain to visit the Queen and discuss with her the plight of his people. Arriving in Britain, the griot’s mind reels into delusion and confusion. I used Picasso style drawn and animated images because his work was influenced by African masks and sculptural art. Also, Cubism, the art expression which Picasso championed, was the perception of many sides of an object simultaneously to form distorted and abstract forms, as experienced in memory.

Other artists and technicians involved in the production were:
Artist - Anwa Naimbana
Artist - Matthew Krishanu
Technical Consultants - ‘Talking Birds’