JOJO ABOT will lead three activations during the course of the exhibition:
OPENING RECEPTION & CEREMONY
Wednesday, 17 Jan 2024, 6-8 p.m.
Performance: 7 p.m.
An opening reception will be held to set the intention for, introduce the meanings of, and invite ancestral blessings on this exhibition. A ceremony will take place during the course of the reception as the first official introduction to the world of JOJO ABOT.
ARTIST TALK: WEAVING SACRED FUTURES
Wednesday, 7 Feb 2024, 6-8 p.m.
Discussion: 7 p.m.
Discussion led by JOJO ABOT with artist and abolitionist Patrisse Cullors, cultural leader Michelle Mitchell, and artist Alison Saar. Weaving Sacred Futures explores the role of creatives, leaders and world builders in creating spaces for free thought, limitless expression, and communal solidarity. This discussion will delve into the potential we have to serve as vessels who channel consciously from the inner/outer spirit realm for the birthing of harmonious and life-affirming futures. It invites us into imagining intuitive and divine feminine-centered systems as foundational elements for sustainable world-building.
A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING is an immersive spatial opera performed by JOJO ABOT accompanied by intricately woven layers of voices, dancers, and mesmerizing visuals. This performance is the enactment of a new kind of ritual, one that leads to a trance-like realm in which the senses awaken, and portals open to the divine. This performance coincides with Frieze Week Los Angeles 2024.
L.A. Louver is proud to present a multimedia experience created by JOJO ABOT. Consisting of sculpture, textiles, film, spatial sound, painting, and performance, A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING brings together manifold aspects of JOJO ABOT’s ever-expanding oeuvre. Unlimited by categorical confines of genre and medium and enhanced by three discrete activations, this exhibition focuses on the transformative and sacred power of the divine feminine, inspiring conversations around collective elevation and engagement with our spiritual selves.
JOJO ABOT is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, and healer who explores the abilities of new and ancient technologies for universal healing. In her artmaking and ritual, the artist draws from her heritage as an Ewe woman from West Africa and her nomadic lived experiences across Ghana, Copenhagen, the United States, South Africa, Kenya, and elsewhere around the world. She was included in L.A. Louver's 2021 exhibition SeenUNseen curated by Alison Saar and has created interdisciplinary works in collaboration with MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum, the Ghana Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, Frieze Art Fair x Theaster Gates x Prada, Hult Center, Armory Week NYC, Perez Art Museum Miami and many others. JOJO ABOT has toured with Ms Lauryn Hill and played the stages of Afropunk, Roots Picnic, Radio City Music Hall, the Apollo Theater, Kennedy Center, the Greek Theater and more.
SELECTED ARTICLES
Teicholz, Tom. "Los Angeles Friezes Over." Forbes, 8 Mar 2024. full article, PDF |
forbes.com
Cane, Hesper. "JOJO ABOT's Multimedia Experience at L.A. Louver Charts the Transformative Power of the Divine Feminine." Widewalls, 2 Jan 2024. full article, PDF | widewalls.ch
JOJO ABOT is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, and healer who explores the abilities of new and ancient technologies for universal healing. In her artmaking and ritual, the artist draws from her heritage as an Ewe woman from West Africa and her nomadic lived experiences across Ghana, Copenhagen, the United States, South Africa, Kenya, and elsewhere around the world. She was included in L.A. Louver's 2021 exhibition SeenUNseen curated by Alison Saar and has created interdisciplinary works in collaboration with MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum, the Ghana Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, Frieze Art Fair x Theaster Gates x Prada, Hult Center, Armory Week NYC, Perez Art Museum Miami and many others. JOJO ABOT has toured with Ms Lauryn Hill and played the stages of Afropunk, Roots Picnic, Radio City Music Hall, the Apollo Theater, Kennedy Center, the Greek Theater and more.
