Chino Aobi – Age Of Excess – FESCH.TV

FESCH.TV INFORMIERT:

Age of Excess is a song I conceived within the Eroicaverse which refers to decadent periods such as Paris towards the end of the 19th century, „America in the 1920s, as well as America in the 1980s, as well as referring to the world in the 2020s that follow an aesthetic ideology of excess, artificiality, and natural decay. The artwork was created by myself and John Sampson from a photograph I took at Versailles.“

Born from parents of Nigerian descent in the American south (b.1984, Tuscaloosa, Alabama), Richmond, Virginia-based Chino Amobi bridges the fields of contemporary art, electronic music, literature, film and fashion with experimental ease. Working across these platforms enhances the richness of each medium; indistinguishable, they dissolve together in unity within the exhibition space.

Amobi’s science fiction narrative, Eroica, a thriller in the Epic tradition, situated between history and myth, unfolds as a cinematic Gesamtkunstwerk: an immersive maximalist stage comprised of paintings, graphic flags, a light display, garments, film, sculptural props, an overlapping sound work and a revolving cast of live performers.