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Platform 22: Adebola Oyekanmi
Adebola Oyekanmi’s Black Icarus (2023) reimagines the Ancient Greek myth, mapping a new trajectory for its main character and subsequently producing an alternative conclusion – Oyekanmi’s tale is not cautionary, but emancipatory. Set in the year 2088, to commemorate the 111 year anniversary of the Voyager 2 spacecraft, the work is framed as an audiovisual … Continued