An mm affiliate! work in conversation and dialogue with the Material Matters team - individual projects and material explorations conducted in our labs as well as contributions to group research projects as an mm Research Assistant.

Oluwasola Olowo-Ake (Author)

Emily Carr University of Art + Design Graduate Studies (Degree Granting Institution)

Hélène Day Fraser (Thesis Supervisor)

Storytelling, Poetry, Dance, Clothing and dress

Embodied practice, Garment construction, Performance, Yorùbá storytelling, 'the Spectacle', Decolonization

Abstract: My project aims at using Yorùbá storytelling frameworks to tell stories about my experience with lack of black communal culture here in Vancouver. I tell these stories through the Yorùbá lens of ‘the spectacle’- a show put on to teach and entertain; which encompasses oral storytelling, poetry, song, dance performance and garments.

Link to thesis