Longing for Sea-Change: "Odile and Odette" December 14, 2010

This is the third video installation in the series entitled "Longing for Sea-Change," presented in the gallery for African art. In this video, "Odile and Odette," two ballerinas, identically dressed in colorful batik-printed tutus, face each other on a dark stage. Their synchronized movements within a gilded frame create the illusion of a mirrored figure. In this clever twist on Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake, British–born Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE questions stereotypical "African" and "Western" identities in today’s transnational world. Presenting a series of video works by contemporary artists living and working in Africa and its diasporas continuing through June 26, 2011. The video installations are on continuous view in the Center’s expanded gallery for African art.

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