Courtney Desiree Morris
Sopera de Yemaya, 2020
Still: Roberto Ruiz | TBA21, 2020
Past
TBA21 on st_age
Digital
Three-channel video installation, color, sound, 2020
Commissioned and produced by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary for st_age
“Sopera de Yemaya" is an experimental short film project guided by the idea that the sacred exists and can be found everywhere, even in the most mundane spaces and practices of daily life by focusing on Yemaya deity she expands the idea of everyday life as a tool to explore racial history on the voices of those people that traveled from Africa to Brazil to work as slaves and from there to the current Black Life Matter movement in the States and the difficulties Black Woman face on their contemporary daily life. At the same time, all these issues are interwoven with deep concern on how we take care of the environment and the underwater world, again very much connected with the deity of Yemaya and her spiritual paths.
This project filmed in seven scenes that refers to the seven paths of Yemaya is framed under topic: Displace histories and deviant practices in its attempt to live and act in the world otherwise. And connects with Goal 5 on the fight for Gender Equality but, also, no. 13 on the concern for climate change and no. 14 for Live Under Water.
Commissioned and produced by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary for st_age
“Sopera de Yemaya" is an experimental short film project guided by the idea that the sacred exists and can be found everywhere, even in the most mundane spaces and practices of daily life by focusing on Yemaya deity she expands the idea of everyday life as a tool to explore racial history on the voices of those people that traveled from Africa to Brazil to work as slaves and from there to the current Black Life Matter movement in the States and the difficulties Black Woman face on their contemporary daily life. At the same time, all these issues are interwoven with deep concern on how we take care of the environment and the underwater world, again very much connected with the deity of Yemaya and her spiritual paths.
This project filmed in seven scenes that refers to the seven paths of Yemaya is framed under topic: Displace histories and deviant practices in its attempt to live and act in the world otherwise. And connects with Goal 5 on the fight for Gender Equality but, also, no. 13 on the concern for climate change and no. 14 for Live Under Water.