"She might be a representation of all of our black ancestors’ wildest dreams: free, bold, talented and wise." Independent Online, (April, 2018) She was listed in “OkayAfrica’s 100 Women” (March 2017).Ī true cultural fusion and genre bender in both sound and artistic expression, JOJO ABOT is poised to take the world by storm with her uniquely coined AFRO-HYNO-SONIC sound and otherworldly perspective. Jojo Abot continues to connect with the global audience with shows at Bushfire Festival in Swaziland, Azgo Festival in Mozambique, Bassline and Zakifo Festival’s in South Africa, Sakifo Festival in Reunion Island, WOMADelaide and Perth International Arts Festival in Australia and WOMAD New Zealand.Ībot continues to connect with the global audience.
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She has headlined the Apollo, Times Square (on New Year’s eve to a 1 million plus audience), the Museum of Modern Art, Kennedy Center, Afropunk, and others. She has toured with Ms Lauryn Hill, played shows at Radio City Music Hall, the Greek theater, and more, alongside Common, Seun Kuti and Stephen Marley. The production returned as part of FERUS Festival, and was featured in a weeklong interactive residency at the Hult Center, Eugene.
Recently wrapping a year in NYC as a member of the New Museum's incubator program, NEW INC Abot moved on to a residency at the acclaimed National Sawdust where she premiered her immersive theater piece and exhibition titled “Power To The God Within”. Through her work, JOJO ABOT Investigates new forms of spirituality and expression as part of a growing global conversation around shared space and share identity that exists beyond the conventional bias of colour, race, class or sexual orientation. FYFYA WOTO, meaning New Birth - New Discovery serves as the theme and title for her ongoing project exploring the SELF as a provocative tool in the discovery, exchange and evolution of the subject of IDENTITY. JOJO ABOT is a Ghanaian artist expressing herself through music, film/photography, literature and performance art. Presenting the best of multiple worlds, JOJO ABOT's music is truly a cultural and musical sonic fusion, a perfect and growing melting pot. These words come to mind when first experiencing the music of JOJO ABOT, the Ghanaian singer-songwriter who is poised to capture the ears of discerning listeners worldwide with her experimental blend of electronica, afrobeat, jazz, neo-soul, house and reggae.Ĭreating across continents and dividing her time between Accra, Johannesburg and LA/NYC, JOJO ABOT’S emergence onto the global music scene marks the genesis of an exciting new talent and sound. “It is a good time for photography in India right .empowering. “We have more criticism coming from here, more institutional support and encouragement, so you do see a lot of artists now working with very experimental ways of seeing,” she says. We address similar concerns, but we also address different complexities.” For Kaamna Patel, this nuance is representative of a meaningful shift in the discourse back home. “By having so many different voices from South Asia present at Arles, it showed that we are not homogenous,” explains writer, curator and photo editor Tanvi Mishra. The films have also been presented as part of the installation. “What was important to me was de-exoticising the exotic,” offers the photographer, whose process was inspired in large part by his work on the films Indian Cabaret and Salaam Bombay with ex-wife Mira Nair.
The show is an edit of the eponymous 64-image photo book published by Steidl last year. Galerie Thomas Zander / Mitch Epsteinįinally, American photographer Mitch Epstein also brought his focus to South Asia with In India, an exhibition of photographs he took while traveling across the country between 19. Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 1981, Mitch Epstein.
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