Tales of Trauma in Wana Udobang’s ‘Dirty Laundry’ Show
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
So, what if you air your dirty laundry in public? | By Kemi Falodun
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Wana Udobang: Exploring the Impacts of Shared Confessions
This exhibition is a multi-sensory experience, so there is still video and audio playing in a single-channel loop. But regardless of that, I’m interested in the multiple ways we can experience a thing and can practise storytelling. The way I work underscores connection and access. For me, different mediums are an invitation to the audience. If they haven’t listened to my album before, then they are invited to my performance or my installation or to my film. I strongly believe there is synchronicity.
Wana Udobang: Exploring the Impacts of Shared Confessions
The Lagos-based artist invites audiences to share their innermost secrets in her mobile exhibition Dirty Laundry.
Contemporary And: Dirty Laundry has travelled from Lagos to Port Harcourt and now Abuja. Why is that itinerary important? And what have been the different challenges and successes of showing in these cities?
WanaWana: The works on display speak to different kinds of women and their experiences. Three cities are not enough in terms of representation – but it was a start. The Port Harcourt exhibition took place in an area often considered a rough side of town, so we couldn’t stay past 7pm. But it was great to see the people turn up and really engage with the work. I met a lot of young people who said they hadn’t experienced this sort of thing before and that the city needed a lot more of it, which was very affirming. In Lagos we installed the works inside a gallery, while in Port Harcourt the pieces were draped in a gallery and around the building. Each city and its people have created a different atmosphere and experience.
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