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Artwork Description

For Mama Adama Hymns & Parables In these large-scale hanging works, Fawundu manifests her grandmother's presence, incorporating hand-dyed and batik Garra fabrics from Mama Adama's thriving textile business in Sierra Leone. These pieces are created from large film negatives and positives through labor-intensive, camera-less photographic processes. Reflecting on her process, Fawundu states, “So much of this work is about creating new patterns and new languages while activating my body and ancestral memory. My process includes allowing my body to move intuitively as it performs and makes gestures through these camera-less photographic processes.” The completed pieces incorporate a mélange of materials and techniques such as photo lumens, cyanotypes, screen printing, mixed media on Guinea Brocade textiles, and cotton paper. The materiality of the work and the layered compositions speak to the complex nature of identities and the multifaceted connections between the African continent and its diaspora.