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This article explores the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit, through ways of making and... more This article explores the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit, through ways of making and artistic practice. We examine photography and its associations with time, truth and the fake through the Western Spiritualist Photography movement, which rapidly developed in conjunction to the advancement of photography in the late 19th century. Focused on the photo series Dwelling: in this space we breathe (2017) by the late photographer Khadija Saye, and my own photo project 'Orí Inú' (2023-2024), I reveal the power of photography apparatus, in providing an avenue for marginalised identities to imagine speculative narratives, and divergent ways of being that subvert the status quo. Furthermore, special attention is paid to the implications of Ìṣẹṣe (Yorùbá Spiritual Tradition) on conceptions of self. Opening with the predisposition to rethink the Cartesian mind and body dualism, I propose embodiment and the acknowledgement of the intangible aspects of self as a strategy to facilitate healing, and reclaim cultural knowledge for artists and their audiences.
This article explores the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit, through ways of making and... more This article explores the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit, through ways of making and artistic practice. We examine photography and its associations with time, truth and the fake through the Western Spiritualist Photography movement, which rapidly developed in conjunction to the advancement of photography in the late 19th century. Focused on the photo series Dwelling: in this space we breathe (2017) by the late photographer Khadija Saye, and my own photo project 'Orí Inú' (2023-2024), I reveal the power of photography apparatus, in providing an avenue for marginalised identities to imagine speculative narratives, and divergent ways of being that subvert the status quo. Furthermore, special attention is paid to the implications of Ìṣẹṣe (Yorùbá Spiritual Tradition) on conceptions of self. Opening with the predisposition to rethink the Cartesian mind and body dualism, I propose embodiment and the acknowledgement of the intangible aspects of self as a strategy to facilitate healing, and reclaim cultural knowledge for artists and their audiences.