Sondi
She/her
Friday 12 May Audiovisual Art Assembly (AAA), Oedipus Brewing
Sondi is a new media artist and multi-disciplinary graphic designer from Germany, born in Cameroon and based in the Netherlands. Her work is deeply rooted in her identity as a person of the diaspora and acts as a conduit to unravel the intricate and intimate layers of identity, belonging, ownership and heritage. Her artistic process centers around the concept of worldbuilding, creating virtual environments where memory, ancestry and imagination enter into being. In these virtual dreamscapes, she examines new modes of being, using the power of imagination as an instrument of liberation.
Sondi’s work continuously navigates between virtual and physical spaces to investigate the intersection between technology and culture. By examining the ways in which popular media constructs and disseminates images and ideas, her work aims to challenge the dominant cultural narrative that shapes our perceptions of ourselves and others. Her body of work reflects on the interplay between our corporeal, spiritual and digital selves and spans a diverse range of mediums, including Audio Visual Performance, Theater, Music, Film and Education.
In her Talk, Sondi will dive into her worldbulding processes and the influences that inform her practice and works. She will give an intimate insight into the tools she uses to create her virtual dreamscape and talk about the use of AI to enhance ones practice, whilst staying critical of the tools she uses. She will give an in-depth look at her work HOME 404 which premiered in November 2022 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and give an exclusive insight into her upcoming work Daydreamers which takes the form of a video game.
HOME 404 is a three-channel video installation that rethinks the concept of home, suggesting it could be a fluid, ever-changing, non-physical entity shaped by history, language, culture, music, time, and, above all, memory. The work is a reconstruction of memories from Sondi’s home in Cameroon and is inspired by rituals and storytelling forms from her home country.
