Saha: The Book of Earth Mediums
Saha: The Book of Earth Mediums, is an experimental video made in collaboration with Leonard Atawugeh Kubaloe, in Tamale, an industrializing city in northern Ghana. Saha, a Dagbani word meaning “time” and “luck”, presents four vignettes exploring alternative formulations of media cultures in northern Ghana, including shea oil light fuel, “Kayayo” women, and juju (Ghanaian magic). The video argues for a naturecultural lens of media art, specifically that media art practices occur outside of the sphere of Western binary conceptions of nature and culture. Saha explores an embodied relation to these media practices that emerge from being embedded in their context.
Website: https://www.eliavargas.com/video
Schedule
| Fri, Jul 26 | 5:45-6 pm | Rust Belt Books | (part of Infringement Film Fun) |