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“A Good Dinner” (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnKO-0NMZfB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“It’s beyond love” _ The home I miss is a past reality I am my home, my body You are my home So I am no longer Home sick _ Billie Life has not been a bed of roses but watching you do this as been life changing. You keep showing me what is possible. Thank you for finding the strength it takes to do this, I am right here. Like my wedding vows, I re-vow to you, just to let you know that I will always be solid, present, in-tune, constantly evolving, patient with you always. I am glad I met you stranger!! _ We have tried to spend time with a lot of people we love and care for physically and through every digital medium. We have created a lot of beautiful photos with our family and friends that we can continue to cherish forever. ⁣⁣_  This year has gifted me with knowing grief deeply, gifted me with new life, an experience that has completely introduce a newer version and I am indeed lucky. (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1p3XiMIy_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“It’s beyond love” _ The home I miss is a past reality I am my home, my body You are my home So I am no longer Home sick _ Billie Life has not been a bed of roses but watching you do this as been life changing. You keep showing me what is possible. Thank you for finding the strength it takes to do this, I am right here. Like my wedding vows, I re-vow to you, just to let you know that I will always be solid, present, in-tune, constantly evolving, patient with you always. I am glad I met you stranger!! _ We have tried to spend time with a lot of people we love and care for physically and through every digital medium. We have created a lot of beautiful photos with our family and friends that we can continue to cherish forever. ⁣⁣_  This year has gifted me with knowing grief deeply, gifted me with new life, an experience that has completely introduce a newer version and I am indeed lucky. 🌻 (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1obehMO9L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Compliments 🌻 (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cml3IZks_Gq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Life Practice Reference” /////// Life practice is the most essential to me I never introduce myself with any tag other than my name I never give much when asked “what do you do?” /////// My references are the people I meet daily Workers, colleagues, family, friends And all the people I observe living and experiencing life In front of me Around me Within. /////// Meet a life teacher, life colleague, worker, co-problem solver, helper Through our up, mid and down, he teaches me about life, class and privilege More than any book Intellectual Academic Artist Could ever teach me? “Kofi” https://www.instagram.com/p/CkiX_ovDyQK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

You Stole The Objects! The Past, Present & Future is Continuous: The Algorithm of Being “Difference” in Space Tangibles & Intangibles: Internal Restitution within Western Institutions The Pedagogy & Effect of a Black Practitioner Within a Predominantly White Academic Institution Wednesdays, weekly with on-site and online elements Ongoing Class by Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin “You Stole The Objects: The Past, Present and Future is Continuous'' is a class open to Bachelor, MA and postgraduate that deals with the multilayered conversation on restitution of museum collection holdings and attempts to decentralize the classroom, which is the attempt to take the teacher from the position of power and give power over the class to both the students and teacher. In doing so, the class together navigates racial prejudice, patriarchy, oppressive systems, their effects and the many ways to contest them. I am using my fellowship to develop the research project Tangibles & Intangibles: internal restitution within western institutions. Situated inside and outside the classroom, the project is a continuation of my current artistic research ARCHIVING THE MO(VE)MENT: Documenting the Black and African Experience in Knowledge Decolonisation and current teaching practice You Stole The Object: The Past, Present and Future at the University of Arts, UDK, Berlin. Entwined within my own artistic work, this class is an attempt at a safe environment for students and staff to voice various aspects and positions [ON WHAT], within a process of self-reflection and conversations. Objects violently taken from the Benin Kingdom Massacre are a point of departure and it could also go into dialogue with on-going situations around the world. Link to full course text and pedagogy: http://theartconcept.org/2022/09/22/you-stole-the-objects-the-past-present-future-is-continuous-the-algorithm-of-being-difference-in-space (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci99EsODtqJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

We are very proud to be exhibiting our work “How I Became an Ant in Lier” as a collective @Billie and @Omonblanks at the 2022 Store Gilhus Gård by @fjordbyenlierdrammen // exhibition tittle Polyphonic Vision - P1 Mobilt Atelier for Kunstnere i Lier curated by @tenthaus. The exhibition opens today 18:00 in Lier, Norway. Check it out if you happen to be in Norway! Ps: this is an evolving research project. (at Lier, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CifKb6VD66m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I can feel it all I can take it completely Evil Pain Sadness Empathy Joy Ego Fear Love Happiness Anger I am completely aligned with them all I can take it all The capacity for silent healing Because I can feel everything I can see everything I can feel my mother when she was a kid I can feel and see all the fears my father carries I can see all the “good & bad” things I can understand why it has to be “good & bad” I know it is all energy Nothing is specific Everything moves to the beat Everything moves to the rhythm Everything moves to nothing The ant is as important as the human Nothing is special The wise person is as unique and important as the most dumb person There is no good vs evil - they are the same The plastic is as important as the air Everything you see has a purpose Purpose is more important than good or bad Purpose keeps the rhythm going Purpose is exactly why we are here Purpose is nothing Nothing is out of place or in great alignment I know everything I know you have been told “love is the key” Nothing beats love Love can be blinding Love can be restricting Love can lead you to places you don’t have the language for I know everything I know nothing. https://www.instagram.com/p/Chb9lWmjia6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I was invited to The Hague by WEST DEN HAAG SUMMER SCHOOL to partake in conversations with practitioners with the desire to have conversations around Feminist politics, Ecology, Media theory, Political economy, Trauma, Disability, Humanity, Techno-mechanics and Synthetic thinking. “VISION Of The School” A radically transdisciplinary School where we address the health crisis as the failure of late-patriarchy. In theory and praxis, with insights from art, science, theater, philosophy and more, we will dive deep in to the urgent struggles of our time and prototype methods which can encourage and sustain us. I look forward to more interactions like this in traditional and non-traditional spaces. Thank you always to all those who invite to ask questions and create discourse. You are indeed appreciated. 🌻 (at The Hague, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgZtO8FD-Eo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The home I miss is a past reality I am my home, so I am no longer Home sick (at Lier, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb42NpIMdW2/?utm_medium=tumblr

I am happy to be supporting this amazing and introspective project. See you on Friday 18th 2022. 6pm. /////////// Meet our first collaborator @omonblanks ♾ and his lecture performance “This Road Is Me(mory) In My Body: And There Are Other Plantations” ♾ ⛓ 18.03.2022 . SAVE THE DATE ⛓ We cordially invite you to join us on the 18.03 from 6 pm at @hausderstatistik for the first activation of PRIVILEGE OF DREAMING 🪴 Slowly spreading the word, and introducing our program & collaborators 🧚🏾‍♂️ ⛓ THE PRIVILEGE OF DREAMING is a mobile installation + intersectional learning platform. We are growing a network of humans, other-than-humans, and initiatives while approaching topics of privilege, dreams, resistance, and empathy across borders, and beyond academic contexts. ⛓ Our dream is to offer free-of-charge IRL + URL hubs for encounters, critical cultural research, and transdisciplinary exhibition projects. We embrace the challenges of dreaming in a wicked world, by acknowledging structural inequalities and sharing resources. ⛓ POD is being activated for the first time as part of the group show POSITIONED REALITIES curated by @non.depleted on view at Haus der Statistik from 4.03 - 27.03 🩰 (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbFYKdUs4iK/?utm_medium=tumblr

22.2.2022 Moon in Scorpio. A new year The light has never been this bright, bodies never been this aligned, vision never been this clear. What a blessing to witness in a real stylish way you rock!! Love is Billie McTernan (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaRje8YMTdq/?utm_medium=tumblr

60 years De-Colonisation: Black and African Experience in Knowledge Decolonisation: 60+ years of Goethe in Ghana - Africa. http://theartconcept.org/.../60-years-de-colonisation Read and share your thoughts, let the conversation continue. Omonblanks Cc @goetheinstitut @goetheinstitutghana (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ_mRebM9P_/?utm_medium=tumblr

The last two days have been unexplainable. See you today! Topic: NO JUDGEMENT ZONE: it is safe to not be macho or an “African man” there are other options // @tacorg Guests: @pureakan X @omonblanks Time: 4pm sharp Venue: @untamedempire C14b Spintex road. Airport city phase 2,Accra (at Accra, Ghana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZEPl2KsJYd/?utm_medium=tumblr

See you today! Topic: NO JUDGEMENT ZONE: it is safe to not be macho or an “African man” there are other options // @tacorg Guests: @daniel.m.quist X @omonblanks Time: 4pm sharp Venue: @untamedempire C14b Spintex road. Airport city phase 2,Accra (at Accra, Ghana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZBj6UAMzw3/?utm_medium=tumblr

It is my pleasure to invite you to day 1 starting tomorrow. Topic: NO___ it is safe to not be macho or an “African man” there are other options___JUDGEMENT ZONE Guests: @theseaiswide X @wanlov X @omonblanks Time: 4pm sharp Venue: @untamedempire C14b Spintex road. Airport city phase 2,Accra https://www.instagram.com/omonblanks/p/CY8oA1gMqEw/?utm_medium=tumblr

“Charity begins at home”, they say, and for our next event, “Home” is going back to our body, back to the societal constructs of the male gender and gender norms, back to speaking to our collective and individual realities and taking responsibility as men while discussing our different approaches to doing life within a patriarchal society, how we navigate masculinity (toxic masculinity, in particular) that was given from birth. No tree just becomes a tree without going through a process. Some people take it within their power to hack down trees they do not like or disagree with; some people take another route. This series is an attempt to take a different route to discussing these issues. For unlearning and learning to happen, the work does not stop at identifying the problem. Instead, we are attempting to understand the problem without prejudice. So we are asking each other, "How did we get here?" and "How and what are we and why?" You are invited to our very first series focused on men’s views on ‘Masculinity and Toxic Masculinity'. We hope to extend the series to genders and identities. “I am inviting people I respect and think are constantly developing and finding ways to be better. I personally look forward to this series and others to come” - Omonblanks Featuring Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin (Conveyor) 21st Jan 2022 @theseaiswide x @omonblanks @wanlov x @omonblanks 22nd Jan 2022 @daniel.m.quist x @omonblanks 23rd Jan 2022 @pureakan x @omonblanks https://www.instagram.com/p/CY0vXK7MzoU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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