James Notin
Òmùgọ̀ ta omi ní kóko'
January 27, 2023
Positioning humans as water, a migratory yet fixed being, the performance 'Òmùgọ̀ ta’mi n’kókó' is an abstracted conversation on the rigidity and disservice to self that characterizes the rituals and routines of our individualist age. The audience will be challenged to shift from the role of observer-witness to collaborating performer, sharing knowledge and labour in a call to communal care and healing practices, with the desire to create flow within and without.
James Notin (it/they/them) is a Yoruba-Nigerian experimental artist and performance curator whose work investigates individuals in universal space and structure. Their works are based on the curation of public opinion and selective observation as a tool for distorting contemporary society to create a liberal space for analyzing the structure and their politics.
Assuming human societies are bordered by future anxiety and future perspectives, Notin engages systems through the lens of an outsider to open up an alternative and interactive space that enables individuals to engage in sociopolitical issues. Working as a co-curator at Tantdile Xperimenta Lab, their works also expand to performance art, photography, and interactive literature. James Notin has been a resident at Maxim Gorki's Young Curator Academy, and Forecast School of Thinker at the Theatre Forum, Dublin.
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