The Myth of Sanity by OlaRonke Akinmowo | 2022/23 BRIClab Video Art

The Myth of Sanity is an experimental hybrid film that explores the implications, restrictions and elusive nature of rational behavior. It is a trippy Afro-Surrealist joy ride that combines live action moments withstop motion animation vignettes in an attempt to unsettle and encourage its viewers to think deeply and playfully about their fears, rituals and survival strategies. She hope that it inspires its viewers to conjure more and also contemplate the query, what is the benefit of performing sanity in an insane world?
OlaRonke Akinmowo is a collagist, paper maker, print maker and stop motion animation artist. She is also a Set Decorator for Film/TV and the Creator/Director of The Free Black Women’s Library, an award winning social art project featuring 6000 books written by Black women and Black non-binary folks, free public programming and a Reading Room located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. In her work she illustrates and explores the concepts of Blackness and madness and the undeniable overlap between the two. She hopes to make the invisible visible, and create space for beauty, confrontation and transformation. She has received artist fellowships and residencies from New York Foundation for the Arts, Women’s Studio Workshop, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Shop, the Brooklyn Arts Council, and the Metropolitan Museum. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Hyperallergic, Teen Vogue, and BUST magazine. She is also a proud mom, union member, cultural worker, busy body, book fairy, plant fiend, and dance machine. Follow her on Instagram @setdressslay and @thefreeblackwomenslibrary to stay connected.
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