Rehema Chachage
One up, two down, 2021
Installation
Photographic prints, text, and audio
60 x 90 inches per image
**An intergenerational process of weaving
– of stories, of names, of lineages**
Two down
One up
Two down
Shode births…
Koko Orupa, who births…
Bibi Mkunde, who births…
Mama Demere, who births…
Me
Two down
One up
Two down
Shode becomes my daughter…
Orupa becomes my niece…
And, Mkunde becomes my sister.
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Two down
One up
Two down
A pattern emerges, meticulously weaved on a long Ukili
Two down
One up
Two down
A thread of history is weaved and carried across from generation to generation