CONFINED VOLATILE BAZAAR

Confined Volatile Bazaar, 2009: Wood, snacks and grocery wrappers, cello tape and baco bag. 366cm x 757cm x 480cm.
The work consists of snacks and grocery wrappers waste weaved into a netlike shape on a cello tape spread on boxlike wooden frame curving out from a shopping sack with me and my friends playing within the internment. The exertion necessary illustrates man and his cultural practice in relation to the so called global economic meltdown. Man, while aspiring to remain in the podium of superiority, is finding him self in a pen of endless resources.

WAVE OF PRUDENCE

Wave Of Prudence 620CMX380CMX120CM (plastic water, twin) 2009In this work, I used very transparent objects that subtly distort one view from a metaphorical perspective, creating an illusion of a mist with a wavelike impression. The process itself expresses the essence of life in our society in a colourful but eccentric wayThe concept is also aimed at illustrating the nature of our future and what we feel about it and how we perceive it, believing that with a renewed willingness on our part we could reshape our future. The approach is deliberate, like a wake-up call for us to be sensitive to our way of life, in the sense that the viewer of this work will be invited to an interaction in the process.

RECKONING TRANSIT

RRCKONING TRANSIT

2009

580cm x 170cm x 15cm

Empty bear cans, Coke Cans and Binding Wire

RECKONING TRANSIT 58OCMX170CMX15CM (empty bear,coke can and binding wire) 2009Time is portrayed as the central focus of this installation which consists of a empty coke and beer cans connected with bending wire. Ordinarily I would have placed this work on the ground, but Haven been confronted with time while producing this work I rather chose to suspend it, so as to give it a tunnel like or a clif like shape that will enable the viewers an opportunity to feel the work from every angle while passing through the installation.

SPURRED SPECULATIONS

SPURRED SPECULATIONS
2009
210CM X 30CM X 180CM
Empty bear cans, Coke cans and Metal
SPURRED SPECULATIONS 210cmx30cmx180cm (empty bear cans, coke cans, and metal ) 2009The concept behind this work was unpremeditated and sporadic—the media used were actually wastes from previous installations I had assembled during the course of the residency. I had pondered on what to do with these wastes when it dawned on me that I could actually ‘recycle’ them creatively. The theme is actually innuendic ; with these assembled wastes I am trying to address the issue of waste management. I believe that wastes when creatively utilised could be productive.

PREVAILING PANOROMA

Alozie Onyirioha

PREVAILING PANOROMA

2009

Plastic Water Bottle Cans, Twin and Bars

300CM X 220CM X 220CM

Prevailing Panoroma (300cm x 220cm x 220cm) plastic water bottle cans, twin and bars. 2009 With this installation I have tried to addresses the issue of Western imperialism and their disturbing clashing interest in West Africa and Africa as a whole, and propose on a an ideal way of responding to them. These interests impede the sociopolitical and economic development in the continent, and have a devastating impact on the minds and general wellbeing, as well as the future of our youths.I have also given viewers of this installation an opportunity to participate in this concept by cutting many strips of empty bottled water containers and creating a crude curtain with them over the entrance of the exhibition. By pushing this curtain of waste apart before entering, they are demonstrating the dire need for an emancipation from this western imposition and an entrance into a new era of freedom void of such negative external influences.

PREVAILING PANOROMA

Alozie Onyirioha
PREVAILING PANOROMA

2009

Plastic Water Bottle Cans, Twin and Bars

300cm x 220cm 220cm

Spruce Poubelle

Spruce poubelle

2009

Plastic bags and Wire mesh

90cm x 90cm x 240cm

Spruce Poubelle 90CM X 90CM X 240CM (wire mesh, and plastic bags ) 2009

This work focuses on our respective lives as individuals as well as the activities that constitute environmental nuisance in the society, such as the indiscriminate disposal of refuse on our roads, major street, drainage and canals. In fact the installation itself was inspired by what I experienced while collecting the medium for my work. I am trying to portray, through this installation, that every piece of refuse that is dumped on our streets is an assault on our dignity