Laolu Senbanjo: "The Sacred Art of the Ori"
لاولو سنبانجو: «هنر مقدس اوری»
Laolu Senbanjo's motto is: “Everything is my canvas.” Full bio
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surpass all that Europe ever had,]
اروپا به خود دیده است، پیشی میگیرد.]
to me when I was a child in Nigeria.
در نیجریه، برایم میخواند.
of the Yoruba people,
of treasures that the West does not have.
که در غرب وجود ندارند، صحبت میکند.
I call my grandmother --
about Yoruba mythology.
دربارهٔ افسانهٔ یوروبا میگفت.
from the southwestern part of Nigeria,
از جنوب غربی نیجریه هستند،
by these stories.
my art since I was a child.
فرهنگ یوروبا الهام بخش هنر من بوده است.
you buy at Harlem markets in New York.
بازارهای هارلم نیویورک خریداری میکنید.
on her arms and her legs.
بر روی بازوها و پاهایش داشت.
she was born with them,
او با آنها متولد شده است،
and detailed symbols.
و نمادهایی پر از جزئیات.
from the Yoruba mythology.
to influence the artist that I am today.
از من یک هنرمند خواهند ساخت.
I saw art everywhere.
همه جا هنر را میدیدم.
in Ilorin, in Stadium Road.
استادیوم در شهر ایلورین بود.
at the marble floors,
of patterns and designs in it,
و طرحها را میدیدم،
and I would be like,
see this pattern, see this mask."
و این الگو و ماسک را ببین.»
"Laolu, I don't see anything."
what I saw on the floor.
تا ردیابیشان کنم.
she got really upset.
with my teachers and my parents.
زیاد به مشکل برمیخوردم.
"Laolu, we are Christians.
«لاولو، ما مسیحی هستیم،
or maybe you draw chairs or furniture,
the whole house if I had a chance,
کل خانه را نقاشی کنم.
I knew being an artist was not an option,
هنرمند بودن جزء گزینهها نیست،
my parents wanted me to be,
He was so proud that day.
او آن روز بسیار مفتخر بود.
looked like in law school.
why I wasn't going to class.
at the Human Rights Commission
در کمیسیون حقوق بشر
between getting an education
seeing all the injustice around me,
بسیار ناامید شده بودم،
is controlled by where we are born.
مکانی است که در آن متولد میشویم.
a man and a man holding hands,
که دست هم را گرفتهاند،
same-sex relationship is criminalized.
جرم شناخته میشود.
I like to start a conversation.
plugged into Africa
به آفریقا را میبینید
being drained out.
the patterns, the masks, the stories,
to practice art full time.
تمام وقت هنری به شهر نیویورک رفتم.
He'll come back."
او برمیگردد.»
in New York was not easy,
no representation,
برنامهای، نه اجرایی.
آثارم را به نمایش نمیگذاشتند.
to make a living.
تا امرار معاش کنم.
to wear their stories.
داستانشان افتخار میکردند.
my hand on I painted,
on my Instagram feed,
standing in front my art,
go into her and come out of her literally,
معنای واقعی کلمه در ظاهر و باطن او ببینم،
on human bodies.
بر بدن آدمها را شروع کردم.
روی کفپوشهای مرمر میدیدم،
and people's bodies.
و بدن مردم میبینم.
most of my creative instincts
on my childhood memories
and I think to myself, like,
میبینم و با خودم میگویم،
if we all walked around
افسانههای یوروبا بودیم؟
from Yoruba mythology?
The Sacred Art of the Ori was born.
که هنر مقدس «اوری» متولد شد.
it means your instincts.
when you tap into your Ori,
اوری خود را به کار بگیرد،
about painting on human bodies.
نقاشی روی بدن انسانها وجود دارد.
my regular work in Brooklyn,
انجام کار روزانهام در بروکلین بودم،
for my music video?
how did she even know me?
Of course I thought it was a scam.
it was real, it was true,
کاملاً باورنکردنی، واقعی بود.
to pay homage to New Orleans,
شهر نیواورلئان را داشت،
of her creole origins.
نژاد ترکیبیاش بود.
«لیموناد» بیانسه منتشر شد،
from zero to 100 real fast.
and, like, take everything in.
we work so hard all our lives
سخت کار میکنیم
in me is still there,
to fight for what I believe in.
در راه عقایدم به کار میگیرم.
some of my art in motion.
در حرکتام را با شما به اشتراک بگذارم.
و این رین است.
I ever painted in my life,
من در زندگیام نقاشیشان کردم،
نقاشی کردنشان اختصاص دادم.
my hopes and my fears.
من را به نمایش میگذارند.
one huge, nameless continent
قارهٔ بزرگ بینام و نشان نیست
over 350 ethnic groups and languages,
بالغ بر ۳۵۰ گروه و زبان قومی وجود دارد،
that I hope I will be able to change
در کل قاره و همچنین این جا
on the continent and here,
هنر آفریقا را تغییر بدهم،
at Harlem markets in New York
بازارهای هارلم در نیویورک خریداری میکنید
you see has a story,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Laolu Senbanjo - Artist, musician, lawyer, activistLaolu Senbanjo's motto is: “Everything is my canvas.”
Why you should listen
A visual artist, musician, human rights lawyer and activist, Laolu Senbanjo puts his mark on everything from canvas, to shoes, to walls and buildings, to clothing and even the body with his Sacred Art of the Ori. Born and raised in Ilorin, Nigeria, his Yoruba heritage is ever-present in his work, which marries modern detail and ornate style to create a vision of Afrofuturism.
His preferred medium is charcoal, "because it’s something as natural as life and death," he writes, and he also works in acrylics, inks and even wood. Senbanjo created work for the astonishing "Sorry" video from Beyoncé's Lemonade, and he has worked with Angelique Kidjo, Kenneth Cole, Alicia Keys, Usher and many more.
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