IvyCottageIndustries's video: Manifesta 12 Palermo Palazzo Costantino: City on Stage

Manifesta 12 Palermo | Palazzo Costantino: City on Stage was filmed at Palazzo Costantino, via Maqueda, 215, Palermo, Sicily, in October 2018. The featured work is the mixed media installation by Jelili Atiku: Festival of the Earth * (Alaraagbo XIII) (see below). Music by Bemused: https://soundcloud.com/bemused-2 Manifesta 12 Palermo (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6MZXaGDCZolvu42MpBjjYXj9f8LasJIE * Festino della Terra (Alaraagbo XIII) is a processional performance that incorporates festival rituals of walking with the transport of plants and soil, sound making and the carrying of sacred sculptural objects, to present allegorical and metaphorical statements on the issues of migration and immigration. Working with the concept of an allegory of plants, the work aims at redirecting attention to the essence and pivotal contributions of earth to the world. The piece borrows character and values from the history, knowledge, celebration and procession of Santa Rosalia in Palermo, but also from the ancient archetype of the Green Man, from Yoruba and West African traditional stories, myths, beliefs about earth, trees and Osain, the divine Orisha of plants. This performance took place on 15 June 2018 in the streets of the city centre of Palermo. The documentation and the video of the procession were on view at Palazzo Costantino. Jelili Atiku was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1968. Atiku is a pioneer of contemporary performance art in Nigeria. Through drawing, installation sculpture, photography, video, and live art performance, Atiku puts art at the service of the prevailing concerns of our time such as violence, war, poverty, corruption, and climate change. Atiku participated in the 57° Edition of the Venice Biennale, and his works have been exhibited at SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin, Marrakech Biennial, and Parc de la Villette in Paris, among others. The Planetary Garden: Cultivating Co-existence, Manifesta 12 Palermo explores co-existence in a world moved by invisible networks, transnational private interests, algorithmic intelligence and ever-increasing inequalities through the unique lens of Palermo – a crossroads of three continents in the heart of the Mediterranean. Closely collaborating with Palermitan partners, Manifesta 12 co-inhabits Palermo, an ideal place to investigate the challenges of our time and look for traces of possible futures. Manifesta website: https://manifesta.org/ *****