shaa culture: 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

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.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

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.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

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.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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

Sunday, August 16, 2009

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

Friday, August 14, 2009

Exigency

Exigency (News paper earth, and plastic mat) 660cmx210cmx20cm 2009 In this work I have created a somewhat multi-coloured textured surface with paper soaked in earth to depict a cultivated garden that is ready to be planted on. In creating this work I have tried to establish a parallel in the processes. The process of newspaper recycling goes through different stages which I have tried to imitate, metaphorically. Old newspapers are collected and sieved for no biodegradable elements like plastic bags, foils (aluminum) and the like. The paper is then taken to a processing plant where it is mixed with hot water and blended until it turns into pulp in a big blending machine. The pulp is then screened and filtered. From then on it is taken to a large vat which separates the ink from the paper fiber. The ink is recycled in such a way that it can be reused as ink or burnt as broiler Fuel.Through this work I am trying to illustrate the relevance of the paper wastes in production. The issue of recycling has been addressed and researched on for a long time, especially in developed countries where paper constitutes a major factor in wastes. In the United states alone paper and paper products such as corrugated board constitute about 37 percent of the discards , making it the about the most plentiful single item in landfills. There is an overall estimate by experts that the average office worker generates about 5 kg (about 11 lb) of wastepaper per month. Results from research reveal that every ton of paper that is recycled saves about 1.4 cu m (about 50 cu ft) of landfill space. One ton of recycled paper saves 17 pulpwood trees (trees used to produce paper). However, in many underdeveloped countries are yet to fully tap into the technology of recycling and its economic advantage in a nation.

Exigency

Exigency 2009

Alozie Onyirioha

News Paper, Earth and Plastic mat

660cm x 220cm x 15cm

Exigency

Exigency 2009

Alozie Onyirioha

News paper, earth and plastic mat

660cm x 220cm x 15cm

Thursday, April 16, 2009

STUNNING SHREDS

6. STUNNING SHREDS SIZE: 240cm x 90cm x 15cm I did this work in response to the recent call for entries in the art competition with the theme, “Evolution of the Nigerian Constitution”, hosted by the National Galleries of Art, Abuja. A closer look or study of some of the disposable containers will reveal two signs with the words “keep your contrary tidy” and “recyclables” boldly painted on them apart from the embodiment of the designs on these containers. This work addresses the issue of people’s indifference towards keeping simple laws or rules, especially those relating to environmental issues like recycling, which is ultimately aimed at curbing the dangers of the green house effects of most of these products due to the fact that most of them are not bio-degradable.I believe that apart from the fact that these discarded items can be recycled for functional purposes, they can also be recycled for aesthetic purposes too. The recycling is not a manmade discovery but rather one that has been in existence, and forms the bane of natural balance and sustenance. One good example of this is in the food chain- nothing is ever wasted as far as nature is concerned.

STUNNING SHREDS

ALOZIE ONYIRIOHA

STUNNING SHREDS

240CM X90CMX15CM

2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

CASCADES OF SHREDS

CASCADES OF SHREDS
In this work, I shredded water bottles containers and assembled them in a manner scatter all over the place twined together with twin and hung on the wall measuring up to 360cm in height to look like water fall. Explain that it takes an understanding for people to come together, be together and be in unity. This also explains that it takes us an understanding to be aware of the health hazard we are generating and allowed to strive in our society.

CASCADES OF SHREDS

ALOZIE ONYIRIOHA

cascades of shredes

water bottle can, twin,

369cm x 20cm x 90cm

2009

SCRAP FORUM RECOMMENDATION

SCRAP FORUM RECOMMENDATIONS
I was trying to be experimental and adventurous in this artwork. The idea behind the artwork was the creative transformation of trash, and the possibilities of finding harmony in seeming chaotic and purposeless wastes. I believe that every litter has the potential of adopting a new shade of meaning if approached creatively. The fact is that these items ‘speak’ to us, that is, they crave to initiate a dialogue with our imagination. Succumbing and nurturing the significant habit of listening can yield very powerful and functionally relevant works that the environment and the society can benefit from. I am also exposing an aspect of the creativity that was involved in sequences that birthed the assemblage itself, that continuous movement that occurred right from when purchasing of the packets or wrappers industrial goods and its consumption by the end user, to its being left to litter our surroundings and finally to when it is picked up by the artist, who takes it to his studio and worked on it, giving it a new meaning. There is also the possible danger of the public discarding it again, thereby stimulating an indifferent attitude towards our environment, after viewing it with mixed responses especially when it does not make any impact on them. I am using this work to create awareness and stimulate the public to pay attention to the issue of recycling from waste

SCRAP FORUM RECOMMENDATION

Alozie Onyirioha

scrap forum recommendation

buscuit warpper, indomie warpper, etc

240cm x 60cm x60cm

2009

Saturday, February 28, 2009

SHREDS IN SPACE

Alozie Onyirioha

Shreds in space

2009

720cmx260cmx260cm

SHREDS IN SPACE

SHREDS IN SPACE
This work consists of shredded water bottle container weaved together with a synthetic twine and stretched on a house like metal structure, measuring 720cm x 260cm x 260cm in a space. The original idea behind this work is to create a structure that will house my exhibited works, thereby saving money and providing me with a free exhibition space that will give people the opportunity to view my works from an advantageous perspective and position. To further elaborate on this, the purpose of shredding office paper is to protect or destroy information for security reasons whether personal or corporate we experience a feeling of comfort in knowing that the shredded information is safe. This comfort owes its place to the apparent belief that the destroyed information would become irretrievable, especially to those who do not already know, even when it is reassembled by one means or the other. Often the method of discard is of no consequence to the disposer especially. As a result these shreds easily find space lying and littering our environments. Ultimately I am engaged in exploring and addressing the nuances of this spatial conflict, this war of space between us and our discarded materials.

SHREDDED TRAIL OF UNCERTAINTIES

Alozie Onyirioha

beer can, fruit drink can, can coke,

360cmx120cmx14cm

2009

SHREDDED TRAIL OF UNCERTAINTIES

SHREDDED TRAIL OF UNCERTAINTIES
This work consists of an assemblage of shredded beer cans like fruit drinks, canned coke, etc of different colures that I cut in a flower like shape, measuring 360cm x 120cm x 14cm in variable dimensions arranged within the exhibition space.
In this work I tried to examine the factors that define the concept of the abuse of space and the resultant conflicts that are triggered between the consumers of these products and the nonchalantly discarded cans or packages of these products after these consumers must have exhausted their contents. This struggle for the occupation of space occurs when these discarded items litter the environment and threaten the aesthetic state of the environment. I also encountered, in the process of creating this assemblage, the problem of uncertainty in the sense that the final outlook of the work was not preconceived. This trail of uncertainty was also evident while I was gathering these ordinary discarded tin containers. The nature of the found items sort of dictated the creative process, so that the continual interaction between medium and I was sustained. It was a deliberate approach; one which I hoped will be contagious, in the sense that the viewer of these works will be invited into that interaction.