Join us for an exclusive, intimate conversation with ART on THE MART Executive Director Cynthia Noble and ART on THE MART summer headlining artist, British-Nigerian multi-disciplinary artist and designer Yinka Ilori. The two will discuss Ilori’s artistic practice and immersive public projection, Omi Okrun, viewable nightly from Wacker Drive and the Chicago Riverwalk June 6 through September 11.
Coffee and pastries will be served. RSVP recommended. Free and open to the public.
For the first time, ART on THE MART has commissioned a NeoCon keynote speaker, Ilori, to create a new projection. Entitled Omi Okun (Yoruba for ‘Ocean Water’), the immersive installation is the artist’s most personal and largest project to date, amplifying memories into a multi-sensory work that will recreate his experience of the Pentecostal church ritual and traveling from London to Margate. Omi Okun is split into four chapters: white garments, incense scents, the water, and finally, a dreamscape. Weaving in his personal experiences through accompanying sound, the work will also feature Ilori reciting a prayer and echoes of a choir.
ART on THE MART, presented in partnership with Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), is one of the world’s largest digital art platforms that transforms an architectural landmark into a permanent, larger-than-life canvas. A shining example of Chicago’s long-standing commitment to public art, ART on THE MART brings cutting-edge video mapping techniques to Chicago’s Riverwalk, displaying projections of contemporary art across the 2.5-acre façade of THE MART, the largest privately held commercial building in the United States, internationally recognized as a global innovator in culture, design, and technology.
