The art installation – Dirty Laundry, for that reason, is an immersive experience interconnecting personal narratives, histories, experiences, and imaginaries as a form of catharsis for the viewer and the poet.

As part of efforts to take on concerns revolving round gender-based violence, commemorated Nigerian poet, Wana Udobang is set to open her newest exhibition titled, “Dirty Laundry”.

In our society, “To clean ones dirty laundry in public” is frequently utilized worrying pity. At the core of this work is the power of words to cut through the silence and shame we carry from experiences that have frequently been caused by society and its damaging and fundamental culture of silence.Wana Udobang who is also a storyteller, is based between Lagos and London. She already has to her credit, three spoken-word albums entitled Dirty Laundry, In Memory of Forgetting, and Transcendence.

The show which holds from 28th April to 30th April, 2022, at Whitespace Ikoyi, Lagos is in cooperation with Ford Foundation, the worldwide, grant-bestowing philanthropy that works to interfere with inequality in all its types.

In our society, “To wash ones filthy laundry in public” is typically used concerning pity. In this case, however, the poet subverts the story, creating a platform for challenging discussions. At the core of this work is the power of words to cut through the silence and shame we bring from experiences that have typically been inflicted by society and its damaging and intrinsic culture of silence.Wana Udobang who is also a storyteller, is based between Lagos and London. She currently needs to her credit, three spoken-word albums titled Dirty Laundry, In Memory of Forgetting, and Transcendence. Her work as a performer has actually taken her across Africa, Europe, and the US, along with working on commissions for Edinburgh International Festival and Deutsches Museum in Germany, amongst others. In 2021 she was awarded the International Writing program residency at the University of IOWA.

Every day, we see how our societies and cultures repress the voices of women and women., the artist stated.

The event will be spiced up with talk discussions and online conversations troubling on the role of art in social justice motions or advocacy that seeks to produce change.

Wana Udobang, the performer, writer, and poet, popularly known as Wana Wana, will be providing Dirty Laundry, which is her first multimedias setup, first to art enthusiasts in Lagos in between 30th and 28th April, 2022., at Whitespace Ikoyi. The travelling exhibition curated by Naomi Edobor, which is billed to happen in 3 cities throughout Nigeria is focused on commemorating this years ladiess month and 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

Featuring poems screen-printed on canvas hanging from laundry lines, the installation will also include thought-provoking efficiencies that check out concerns around womanhood, sexual and gender violence, feminine firm, recovery, and re-imagination. The hanging poems inform numerous individual stories for the audience to experience while strolling through the area, a physical representation of the metaphor “hanging your unclean laundry in public.”

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