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Oba Head

A Benin Bronze Oba Head scanned and holographically repatriated — museum glass replaced by open air and communal presence.

Chidirim Nwaubani/2021/AR / XR

A Benin Bronze Oba Head scanned and holographically repatriated — museum glass replaced by open air and communal presence.

The Doyle Wham booth at Investec Cape Town Art Fair — four bronze ogene on blue crates before a generative screen
  1. The cast bronze ogene standing on four tapered legs
  2. Three-quarter view of the sculpture, the bells turned away from the camera
  3. Close view of the two hollow bells and their patinated interiors
  4. Close crop of the bell mouths and the seam where the two halves meet
What cannot be returned, must be reconceived.
  1. The Doyle Wham booth at Investec Cape Town Art Fair — four bronze ogene on blue crates before a generative screen
The sculpture head on, both bells open and the handle arching above
Chidirim NwaubaniOba Head, 2021View full size
Three-quarter view of the sculpture, the bells turned away from the camera
Chidirim NwaubaniOba Head, 2021View full size
In The Booth — Investec Cape Town Art Fair, 2026

The process

Behind the scenes + afterthoughts

White 3D-printed prototypes wired with alligator clips beside two laptopsThe form running as a point cloud in TouchDesigner next to the printed prototypesThe studio rig — patch on one screen, wireframe on the other, recorder alongsideCopper components in bubble wrap on the bench, wired and readyChidirim Nwaubani in a hi-vis vest outside Somerset House on install dayA shell of the form coming off the bed of an ELEGOO 3D printerGrey-primed casts drying beside the studio sinkPrimed casts laid out on the paint-covered studio clothThe full set of casts laid out along the studio tableCasts on the table mid-spray, easels stacked behindThe finished metallic casts lined up against the studio windowThe artist holding two of the finished casts in the studioBuilding the electronics from a hotel room in Cape Town, casts on the deskScreens delivered to the booth ahead of the Cape Town Art Fair install

( Project credits )

  • CreatorChidirim Nwaubani
  • CollectionLooty
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