Drawing from a rich cultural heritage and diverse artistic disciplines, Africanus Okokon’s practice spans moving image, performance, painting, assemblage, collage, sound, and installation. Rooted in his experience as the son of Nigerian and Ghanaian immigrants, Okokon’s work delves deeply into themes of memory, identity, and cultural transformation, exploring how personal and collective histories are created, transmitted, and reimagined. His work frequently investigates the dialectic between forgetting and remembering, emphasizing the fluidity and complexity of cultural narratives shaped by migration, displacement, and diasporic experience. Okokon often employs layered imagery and materials, creating immersive environments that challenge traditional modes of representation and invite viewers into active processes of interpretation and reflection. By blending historical research with contemporary artistic methods, Okokon’s practice blurs the lines between documentary and fiction, past and present, individual and collective memory. His work critically examines how stories are mediated across time and media, urging audiences to reconsider assumptions about cultural identity and the ways histories are preserved, contested, and transformed. This interdisciplinary approach positions Okokon as a vital voice in contemporary conversations about heritage, memory, and belonging. ...
