Ubam Iba
Ubom keed
Ubam Iba
2022
Metal, salvaged shipping pallets, used shoes, shoelaces
Variable dimension
Image courtesy of Smack Mellon • Photo: Etienne Frossard
Ubom keed (Detail)
2020-2022
Metal, Life-cast hands, used clothes, Various country flags
Dimension Variable
Ubom iba
Ubom iba rather is composed of donated and collected used shoes that reside in and around a suspended ship rib, constructed to reference the eighteenth-century diagram of the Brookes slave ship as well as countless boats carrying migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean Sea. This piece continues my exploration of the links between bodies and transit within global labor economies.
Ubom keed
Through a collaborative effort, working with immigrant groups, I collect life cast of their hands. The cast hands reside in and around a suspended ship rib, constructed to reference the eighteenth-century diagram of the Brookes slave ship as well as countless boats carrying migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean Sea.