NAA NUERKIE, GHANA
August 18–September 25, 2024


Installation at Haglund Skola
Title: OKADII (TRACES)

”OKADII is an installation and performance inspired by the complexities of traces created intentionally and unintentionally as we migrate from place to place, or transition through different stages of life.
As part of my residency project, I found it fascinating to experience how nature transforms our experiences with the traces of weather conditions and seasons. In contrast, I wanted to create a permanent installation that at the same time will experience the season, time, duration and traces of the ecosystem. I wanted to merge the organic and the inorganic into a masquerade experience, imagining the trees as spirit beings dancing through the various seasons as the brightness of the fabrics continue to transform over time.”

Performance at Human Miracles, Gottsunda

Title: HOME-ING
Duration: 60 minutes

”How does textiles create a cohesive bond between individuals, groups and communities and also as a sense of belonging? I am outside of home (SU-EN Butoh Company studio) but in this temporary home I find fabrics (leftover pieces) which I usually use in my home and studio for my works. Even though I feel different here, I intend to create a sense of belonging here through these textiles/ leftover pieces by inviting passersby to help me to stitch or sew these pieces onto my costume.”

Short bio artist: Naa is an emerging interdisciplinary artist whose work focuses on the art of fashion, textile installation, the theatricality of fabrics and costumes in relation to politics, culture, power, value and identity. She is interested in the mysteries and spirituality of how textiles create a cohesive bond between individuals, groups and a community as a cultural unit and sense of belonging. She is also the founder and director of the NuerKien_Fashart studio in and founding member of pIAR, Kumasi-Ghana.

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Photographers: SU-EN, Fredrik Kollberg and nerkien_fashart

Production: Mon no Kai in collaboration with SU-EN Butoh Company

Supported by: Swedish Arts Council, City of Uppsala – Cultural Affairs Board, pIAR, Ghana

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