Ókakò r’Évu. Weaving The Skin Of The Womb

Join us for a workshop with Stacey Ejiroghene Okparavero who is the ecurrent Berlin resident in the Berlin-Lagos programme by Goethe Institut and hosted by ZK/U and SAVVY Contemporary. The workshop is grounded in a project the artist is currently developing. It is called "Ókakò r’Évu" in Urhobo (meaning plant womb) and it will be an installation made from translucent fabric in the shape of a pyramid, with an entry hole for people to come in and sit).  It is a plant womb that will transform gradually, as seeds will be planted in the earth within and around it and even on/within its pockets so they germinate in the spring time and the womb becomes an evolving space where people can enter and feel the life of the earth mother pulse. 

It is a safe space for the earth to birth but also for us to mindfully transform our minds as we engage thoughtfully with the earth knowing we are nestled in her sacredness, feeding on her energetic pulses but also giving offerings of water and love within the space as an exchange. 

Through this work, Stacey's creative practice intersects with her plant nurturing and meditative practices which then raises consciousness on living mindfully, embodying softness, healing, forming communities centered around collective awareness of these intersections. Ókakò r’Évu, holds within itself an eco-liminal space that draws from intuitive and ancestral wisdom for collective sharing. 

The workshop will be a reflection of the project while we are collectively constructing the skin of the womb. There will be singing and tea while we work/create and in the end when the structure is finished we will sit together and breathe life into this plant womb.