HYPERFATE, 2023
solo exhibition
The Shop at Sadies Cole HQ (London, UK)
Curated by Ben Broome
“Mixing visual artifacts from her upbringing with rap ephemera, this short rumination on fate sees the filmmaker place her distant memories in conversation with objects from mass culture. Doing so, she arrives at a new understanding of rappers’ place in the present imaginary.
Reflecting on rappers Tupac Shakur, PNB Rock, Pop Smoke, Takeoff and XXXTentacion’s untimely deaths, Oyiri asks, “Did these young shooting stars already know their fate?” After including images of a supernova at the beginning of HYPERFATE, her question carries an implicit cosmic weight. In her grievance, she cannot help but wonder if there’s an unexplainable prophecy at play in their deaths, as well as that of other young rappers. Her belief in this prophecy registers as a unique form of coping with this tragic history.”
Text written by Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer
HYPERFATE, 2023, HD VIDEO, 13”, COLOR, SOUND.
solo exhibition
The Shop at Sadies Cole HQ (London, UK)
Curated by Ben Broome
“Mixing visual artifacts from her upbringing with rap ephemera, this short rumination on fate sees the filmmaker place her distant memories in conversation with objects from mass culture. Doing so, she arrives at a new understanding of rappers’ place in the present imaginary.
Reflecting on rappers Tupac Shakur, PNB Rock, Pop Smoke, Takeoff and XXXTentacion’s untimely deaths, Oyiri asks, “Did these young shooting stars already know their fate?” After including images of a supernova at the beginning of HYPERFATE, her question carries an implicit cosmic weight. In her grievance, she cannot help but wonder if there’s an unexplainable prophecy at play in their deaths, as well as that of other young rappers. Her belief in this prophecy registers as a unique form of coping with this tragic history.”
Text written by Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer
HYPERFATE, 2023, HD VIDEO, 13”, COLOR, SOUND.