Serwah Attafuah

Serwah Attafuah: The Darkness Between the Stars is now open at ACMI! Created by multidisciplinary artist and musician @wrath_____ Across five screens, female warriors rise from burning slave castles and shipwrecked colonial vessels. 🌌An Afrofuturistic realm of resilience and reclamation awaits… Experience it daily from 10am – 5pm in Gallery 3. The Mordant Family Moving Image Commission for Young Australian Artists is created in partnership with Professor Cav. Simon Mordant AO and Catriona Mordant AM, John Allsopp from @webdirections , and ACMI. Thanks to @haymespaint for generously providing the Eggshell paint featured in The Darkness Between the Stars.

ACED THE TED TALK 🗣🗯💫🤩 @tedxsydney 🖤

Between this World & the Next 2023–2024 For the @biennalesydney 2024 showing at the @mca_australia . Tomorrow, the 10th of June is the last day to view this piece in person. Still very much in awe and lost for words as this is my biggest and most realised artwork to date. Thank you to the curators, the team at the Biennale and the MCA for your trust in my vision. Digital 3D render, E-Waste, Wood, 20 minute loop. Serwah Attafuah’s digital creation unfolds in a near-future Ghana, drawing viewers into an Afrofuturistic vista contrasting colonial remnants with utopian hope. The narrative, propelled by burning slave castles, sinking colonial ships and formidable female warriors, weaves a tale that is both haunting and empowering. This work embodies Ghana’s matrilineal legacy, while addressing contemporary issues like e-waste dumping, symbolised by a bespoke frame crafted from e-waste and the incorporation of Sakawa, or ‘internet magic’. Responding to William Strutt’s Black Thursday, February 6th, 1851, also on display, Attafuah delves into West African history, land rights and climate impact on its indigenous communities, fostering a dialogue between historical reverence and visionary insight. Through imaginative storytelling, Attafuah challenges conventional viewpoints and incites refection, offering commentary on transcending historical bounds. Her avant-garde blend of cultural reflections with futuristic aesthetics establishes this work as a conversation between past legacies and speculative horizons, towards a reimagined future. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous assistance from Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. Courtesy the artist © Serwah Attafuah. Installation view, 24th Biennale of Sydney, Ten Thousand Suns, 2024, Museum of Contemporary Art. Photographs: Hamish McIntosh and Dan Boud.

[1 jour, 1 artiste] Serwah Attafuah — @wrath_____ Née à Sydney, Australie, où elle vit et travaille. La pratique de Serwah Attafuah s’inscrit dans l’image numérique, le son et les technologies immersives, donnant forme à des environnements spéculatifs peuplés d’avatars afro-futuristes et de paysages virtuels en mutation. Nourri de mythologie, de science-fiction et d’expériences personnelles, son travail explore la persistance des récits ancestraux au sein des cultures numériques contemporaines. Oscillant entre formes visuelles et sonores, l’artiste interroge les représentations dominantes de l’identité et du féminin, tout en imaginant des mondes alternatifs. _______ EN — Born in Sydney, Australia, where she lives and works. Digital image-making, sound and immersive technologies shape Serwah Attafuah’s practice, where speculative environments are inhabited by Afro-futuristic avatars and shifting virtual landscapes. Informed by mythology, science fiction, and personal experience, her work explores how ancestral narratives persist within contemporary digital culture. Moving between visual and sonic forms, the artist questions dominant representations of identity and femininity, while imagining alternative worlds. © Jamie Wdziekonski #art #contemporaryart #biennaledelyon

‘NOT ON DISPLAY’ for Brave New Worlds A character exploration featuring an image to 3d mesh workflow created with @fuserstudio 💥🤯🔥 This Ceremonial cap was possibly worn by a sword-bearer of the Asantehene or the Asantehene himself. This cap is protected by a variety of gold amulets (bosum) on the exterior and Islamic amulets (safi’s) in the interior. It was probably worn as part of a larger costume for ritual ceremonies and events where the wearer was exposed to physical and/or spiritual forces and external threats This cap was stolen from the Ashante royal palace in Kumasi by British troops during the fourth Anglo-Ashanti (Anglo-Asante) War, 1895-6. It remains ‘Not On Display’, sitting in the cold dark archives of the British Museum, far from home… #BraveNewWorlds

If you haven’t come across @wrath_____ , we’re thrilled to introduce you. Artist Serwah Attafuah’s digital creations live in a world entirely their own. Featured at Sydney’s ACME Museum and leading digital-driven campaigns for the likes of @gucci and @valentino , her skill set stretches as wide as her imagination. Through Afro-futuristic, dream-like worlds, Attafuah tells stories that are both powerful and deeply personal. We talked about how @adobe expands her creative process and execution, and what she wishes people knew about digital art. Video: Hypebae Images: @wrath_____

Speaking at @adobe MAX again - but this time live in LA‼️🌴🇺🇸🥵 My session is called ‘Building Tomorrow: Digital Art as a Cultural Force’; exploring how cyber dreamscapes become vessels for ancestral futures, and how characters we sculpt challenge the way the world sees us. It’s free to join and watch online no matter where you are in the world so tap in!! Details in my bio 👩🏽‍💻💾💓🥀

🤯✨Natively Digital is live at @sothebys galleries in London, New York & Hong Kong presented in partnership with @samsung . In true metaverse spirit you may also visit a digital replica of the gallery show in Decentraland🌐‼️So stoked to be involved in such a fantastic show alongside some of the worlds most game changing artists in the NFT space. Pictured here is my piece Creation of My Metaverse (Between this World and the Next) along side ‘Venus with Cupid stealing honey’ courtesy of Sotheby's. Thanks so much for the bid's and support so far, the show and online auction run until the 10th of June ET !!! 🚀🚀🚀 Please read further for my catalogue note to learn a bit more about my piece: In Creation of My Metaverse (Between this World and the Next), the digital is contrasted with the physical. Dilapidated satellites coexist next to carved stone towers and pillars reminiscent of the ancient world. Planets lie on the ground, no longer in orbit, while two figures in poses echoing Michaelangelo’s Creation of Adam dominate the scene. These cherubic cyborgs are reflections of the artist herself, and by linking them back to one of the most recognizable moments in the history of art, Attafuah visually illustrates her experience as both an oil painter and a digital artist. Yet, in Creation of My Metaverse, it is the artist who is God; she carves out terrain, orchestrates where its light and shadow fall; in short, it is she who makes up all the rules. Attafuah’s work, in its Rococo flair, stands out for its tantalising dialogue with art history and their eye for elegantly conceived compositions. In her work, techno-surrealistic landscapes are populated with characters drawn equally from science fiction as they are from worlds of 18th century painters Fragonard and Watteau. She equally stands as an highly important and visible artist opening up discussions and giving presence to empowering images of afro-futurist identity in the NFT space. These futurist conceptions all too often are figured as a dominantly white visual reality and Attafuah’s work stands as a rebuke to this dominant narrative.

The TED Talk is up!!! My Metaverse: An Afro-Futuristic Dreamscape with Matt Hermans @tedxsydney is now live on Youtube 🗯️✨ The idea of living within a metaverse isn't new for me. The cyber world has long been a refuge and a place of experimentation. In this talk, which delivers simultaneously from within a digital landcsape and live on stage, I shares how online places provide a place to exist and shape my identity. As metaverses become a more common part of our cyber reality, I argues that we shouldn't rely on others making the online worlds we'll inhabit but seek to create our own as acts of creative, cultural and individual expression. BIG thank you to everyone who helped bring this to life, especially @renbry2 !!! Super proud of this one so make sure you check out the full talk! 🖤🗯️🙌🏾 #digitalart #visualcommunication #grafik #grafikfeed #3Dsculpt #cinema4D #blockchain #eth #nft #metaverse #mocap #unrealengine #3d #3dart #octane #characterdesign #tedtalk

‘AETHER: Galaxy Goddess’ - I’m back at @sothebys #nativelydigital this time as part of @parishilton ‘s curated collection of #nfts ‼️💓 swipe to hear Paris speak about my piece!!! So grateful to be included in this amazing show in such a special collection with so many game changers in the community 🔥🪐 The auction is LIVE and bids are in 🤩 Catalogue note: (ed. 1/1) *Aether: Galaxy Goddess* is a sister piece to *Creation of My Metaverse (Between this World and the Next)*, which sold during the first Natively Digital sale. It explores themes of world building and personal empowerment as Serwah's digital 'reflection of self' embodies the Greek God Aether who was thought to be the god of the 'upper sky'. She lifts up planetary bodies amongst glittering golden structures. The purpose behind the piece is to show more of a personal connection to a metaverse/universe and how one can be empowered to take on the world, as it is always in one's reach. This piece was commissioned by collector, Paris Hilton. It reminded her of the connection between women and the universe, that the universe is divine and that the feminine spirit is sacred. The fact that a woman is portrayed at the center of everything in *Aether: Galaxy Goddess* was incredibly important to Paris. “Serwah is so innovative and creative. She shows the importance of femininity and the role it plays in the universe. Femininity, womanhood, and female empowerment are her main focuses and it’s stunning. There is deeper meaning hidden behind her work and it speaks volumes.” 💫💫💫 Please visit the piece at Metaverse.sothebys.com

💖❄️ Icy vibes for @valentino.beauty @maisonvalentino ‘s Valentino Beauty Dream Residency!!!! Featuring Born in Roma Uomo, Rosso Valentino lipstick and the Go-Clutch 🎀❤️‍🔥🎆🌨💭

✨⭐️🎀 ❤️‍🔥SEOUL❤️‍🔥 🎀⭐️✨