Selected Projects Brookfield Properties Our Lives
Brookfield Properties
Our Lives
Our Lives
London, UK
In partnership with Brookfield Properties,
we produced an exhibition in the City of
London featuring Aisha Seriki and
Latoya Okuneye.
we produced an exhibition in the City of
London featuring Aisha Seriki and
Latoya Okuneye.
In partnership with Brookfield
Properties, we produced an
exhibition in the City of
London featuring Aisha Seriki
and Latoya Okuneye.
Properties, we produced an
exhibition in the City of
London featuring Aisha Seriki
and Latoya Okuneye.
Located at 30 Fenchurch Street, Our Lives - Perception, Experience, Celebration showcases
work by the two incredible London-based photographers as they speak to their own experience of being a person of colour in
London today.
30 Fenchurch Street is one of the largest office developments in the City of London, the primary financial district of London. Initially developed in 2008, Brookfield Properties purchased the property in June 2021.
work by the two incredible London-based photographers as they speak to their own experience of being a person of colour in
London today.
30 Fenchurch Street is one of the largest office developments in the City of London, the primary financial district of London. Initially developed in 2008, Brookfield Properties purchased the property in June 2021.
Arts Brookfield is an initiative from Brookfield Properties that support innovation across all creative fields through free art exhibitions and cultural experiences within their properties.
For its inaugural exhibition at 30 Fenchurch Street, Arts Brookfield wanted to reimagine
the space and give a platform to some of the best emerging creative talents in London.
For its inaugural exhibition at 30 Fenchurch Street, Arts Brookfield wanted to reimagine
the space and give a platform to some of the best emerging creative talents in London.
Our Lives is a celebratory and joyful pop-up exhibition showcasing two emerging creatives whose practices celebrate black experience and beauty.
The exhibition is split between a public
street-level display on Rood Lane and a secondary, smaller exhibition space inside
for the enjoyment of the occupants of
the building.
The exhibition is split between a public
street-level display on Rood Lane and a secondary, smaller exhibition space inside
for the enjoyment of the occupants of
the building.
Latoya Okuneye, better known as Fits, is a
conceptual photographer and multifaceted
creative whose work is based on intentional
visual storytelling. Many of her subjects are
black women, inspired by the figures that
have surrounded and supported her throughout
her life.
The personal approach gives her work a
tender edge as she studies black female
beauty, femininity and human experience
through finding joy amongst banality.
conceptual photographer and multifaceted
creative whose work is based on intentional
visual storytelling. Many of her subjects are
black women, inspired by the figures that
have surrounded and supported her throughout
her life.
The personal approach gives her work a
tender edge as she studies black female
beauty, femininity and human experience
through finding joy amongst banality.
Photo courtesy of Latoya Okuneye
Aisha Seriki is a Nigerian, London-based photographer
and creative. Her work is inspired by imagination
and experience, weaving together personal stories
with historical influences.
Centred around global social issues, her photography
addresses blackness, gender, migration, class and
the many points of intersection within all four.
Seeing photography as a means to affirm her
blackness and identity, she uses the medium to
portray women in a light they have been kept out
of for too long.
and creative. Her work is inspired by imagination
and experience, weaving together personal stories
with historical influences.
Centred around global social issues, her photography
addresses blackness, gender, migration, class and
the many points of intersection within all four.
Seeing photography as a means to affirm her
blackness and identity, she uses the medium to
portray women in a light they have been kept out
of for too long.
