tether

kelechi agwuncha

MFA Thesis Exhibition

May 5 - May 7, 2022
Video Installation Screenings & Performances : 7:00 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Closing Reception: May 7, 7:00 p.m.
SME 149, Structural & Materials Engineering Bldg. UC San Diego

tether is a video installation that meditates on kelechi agwuncha's subconscious childhood memories of performance. it documents a new ritual that bridges their memories of playing the recess game, "tetherball" and witnessing traditional Ojiọnu Igbo masquerade figures gesture in a kind of spectacular, uncensored reality. each screening is live accompanied by video jockeying and musical scoring performances by Eva Marie Gonzalez Ruskiewicz and kelechi agwuncha.