Obi Mbu (The Primordial House)

Photography

Drawing on Igbo cosmology, Obi Mbu (The Primordial House), a photography series produced by Rainbow Serpent co-founders Mikael Owunna and Marques Redd, depicts a narrative centered in the Primordial House, located in the Sirius star system, from which creation emerges. Eke-Nnechukwu, the Igbo high god, and Chukwu, Her masculine counterpart, exist in perfect unity in and as the Blackness of space. Although They are dual aspects of the Primordial Androgynous deity, Chukwu sections off a part of space exclusively for Himself in the form of a sacred pillared chamber in the heart of the Primordial House. He engages in a secret work by dancing in and out of this chamber, which sets off a chain of irrevocable circumstances that lead to our current world and condition. These images were produced through a technical combination of painting, engineering, and ultraviolet light.

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