{"id":40737,"date":"2023-03-25T03:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T10:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troora.com\/team\/?p=40737"},"modified":"2025-06-17T00:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:17:26","slug":"invisible-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troora.com\/team\/invisible-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisible Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40737\" class=\"elementor elementor-40737\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6d7838 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6d7838\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdb359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"2bdb359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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e-child\" data-id=\"c88c9b5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75835e9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"75835e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tArt\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e2f43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69e2f43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Invisible Borders\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-276f3b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"276f3b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In conversation with Emeka Okereke, we find out how borders can be connected through the power of art.\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45a0ca0 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45a0ca0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c60ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57c60ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Agbokim_Waterfall_Nigeria.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15438\" alt=\"A moment, a pause. Agbokim Waterfall, Ikom, Nigeria\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Agbokim_Waterfall_Nigeria.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Agbokim_Waterfall_Nigeria-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Agbokim_Waterfall_Nigeria-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Agbokim_Waterfall_Nigeria-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Agbokim_Waterfall_Nigeria-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5eefd8 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5eefd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A moment, a pause. Agbokim Waterfall, Ikom, Nigeria<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4ce75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c4ce75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Borders are an interesting concept. An invisible line that divides our land. A line that separates us. It defines us, limits us, shapes our cultures, and sets a false notion of self.<\/p><p>Emeka Okereke is a multidisciplinary artist who focuses on borders and movement. There are no borders within the mediums that Okereke uses. The artistic director of Invisible Borders uses photography, video, writing, performative intervention, and music to navigate the concepts of movement and the dynamics of society. Okereke\u2019s art is an immersive experience.<\/p><p>In conversation, we explored his journey, from art to the road, in every sense of the word.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d0e0fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"0d0e0fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"page\" data-elementor-id=\"36220\" class=\"elementor elementor-36220\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258eff6 e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"258eff6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c41fbd4 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c41fbd4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6340e76 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6340e76\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e30b9d9 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e30b9d9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a72fa7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a72fa7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Invisible Borders\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a21f9c3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a21f9c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762bb63 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"762bb63\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aadb07a e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aadb07a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3418e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3418e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Invisible Borders Trans-African Project is an artist-led initiative and a non-profit founded by Okereke.<\/p><p>The Trans-African Road Trip project is the heart of the organization and the core of its missions. A project where a collective of artists, amongst them photographers, videographers, and writers, join together to embark on a journey set in a van that will lead them across the African Continent, to explore, reflect and engage with the environment that surrounds them, and the people they encounter along the way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12d0689 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"12d0689\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aed134 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5aed134\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edbf2d4 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edbf2d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Emeka Okereke, founder of The Invisible Borders Trans-African Project<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8b38c8 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d8b38c8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-916ed58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"916ed58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The project started in 2009, with the first road trip from Lagos to Bamako, in a black Volkswagen minibus. The use of various mediums is central to the project, as it aims to create a performative experience where the road path guides the project\u2019s path. Okereke believes that the collaboration of mediums allows us to expand them greatly, and he believes that we need more writers to put photography into context, as these two types of art complement each other and allow the work to become performative.<\/p><p>The truth is, if you put a bunch of talented artists in a van, traveling the roads of different countries for a long period of time, you have a recipe for some pretty amazing things. There\u2019s no need to plan a theme as this naturally unfolds. Okereke understood this early on,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c880550 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c880550\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Highway_Ethiopia-edited-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15443\" alt=\"Highway. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Highway_Ethiopia-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Highway_Ethiopia-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Highway_Ethiopia-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Highway_Ethiopia-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Highway_Ethiopia-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Highway_Ethiopia-edited-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Highway_Ethiopia-edited-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04b0861 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04b0861\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Highway. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4795c75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4795c75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u201cI realized that all you have to do is get people on the road first, then everything else will happen. It\u2019s a long body of work that has lasted for over 10 years now, where the theme can simply be what the road offers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>A simple concept with a powerful message. In his eyes, we are a manifestation of a changing world, a world that calls out for a planetary way of thinking, so for Okereke, the work naturally deals with the idea of movement. The idea of art becoming a bodily experience is a central part of the project, and Okereke embodies his work in a way that the borders between his personal life and his work blend as one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfbf603 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bfbf603\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e05495 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e05495\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be56106 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile_extra e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be56106\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49eb239 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49eb239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Waiting. Rosso (border between Mauritania and Senegal)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d0492e e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d0492e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ce5f40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ce5f40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He reflects on the importance of the work developed, \u201cI don\u2019t do this just for the play of it; I really believe that it has the possibility of changing the course of humanity. It\u2019s not about how we do it or the scale of it; that\u2019s only relative.<\/p><p>It\u2019s the consistency, the honesty of it. These things are powerful enough to change the course of humanity. It\u2019s in this light that we look at such a project like the Trans-African Road Trip, knowing that this is a place where artists come, get nurtured, and then they carry this to the atmosphere of action and manifestation.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4028a03 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4028a03\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fae1a e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71fae1a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7b20a6 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7b20a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Waiting. Rosso (border between Mauritania and Senegal)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac9a7c3 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac9a7c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3606887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3606887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For each road trip, the team at Invisible Borders promotes an open call for artists, and lets talent find them. This is part of the essence of the organization, amplifying and elevating emerging local talent.<\/p><p>Naturally, there are challenges that come with this type of project, where former strangers spend a lot of time together, sharing a different reality outside of their own contexts.<\/p><p>Handling logistics, managing expectations, and dealing with different types of personalities, can be a challenging aspect of the work, but for Okereke, the sets of challenges presented are also what allows the project to be open to different possibilities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3fca90 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f3fca90\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86df573 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"86df573\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"36237\" class=\"elementor elementor-36237\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72939aa e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72939aa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c7fb5 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f8c7fb5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e56927 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e56927\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The journeys that started it all\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3064c2c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3064c2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf103b2 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf103b2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd00a2 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6dd00a2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b1c6dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b1c6dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/couple_Benin-Agbo_Road-edited.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15447\" alt=\"Is it a couple in love, or is it like in Nigeria, a love-hate relationship? Benin-Agbo Road\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/couple_Benin-Agbo_Road-edited.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/couple_Benin-Agbo_Road-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/couple_Benin-Agbo_Road-edited-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/couple_Benin-Agbo_Road-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/couple_Benin-Agbo_Road-edited-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc93ea5 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc93ea5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is it a couple in love, or is it like in Nigeria, a love-hate relationship? Benin-Agbo Road<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2305f9d e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2305f9d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18a8c85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18a8c85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" src=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lugard_House_Nigeria-edited-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15451\" alt=\"Lugards Rest House. Lokoja, Nigeria\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lugard_House_Nigeria-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lugard_House_Nigeria-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lugard_House_Nigeria-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lugard_House_Nigeria-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lugard_House_Nigeria-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lugard_House_Nigeria-edited-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lugard_House_Nigeria-edited-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d96681 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d96681\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lugards Rest House. Lokoja, Nigeria<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76f68ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76f68ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Okereke\u2019s artistic journey started 21 years ago, but in hindsight, it started long before.<\/p><p>His first road trip was, in fact, at a very tender age and fundamental to where he is today.<\/p><p>As a young child, he suffered a severe illness, and his mother made the decision to travel across Nigeria to take young Okereke to his grandmother, a powerful healer that saved his life and continued to strengthen his body.<\/p><p>He reflects on how meaningful this moment was,<\/p><p><strong>\u201cWithout this body, there\u2019s nothing. Part of the initial healing has also partly sustained me artistically and as a person.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>He also reflects on his father\u2019s impact on his personal and artistic development.<\/p><p>From a young age, his father instilled the importance of being useful to the people around us and taught him to question the real reasons why we work and what we work toward. From his father, he learned that work could be utilized as a self-manifestation tool.<\/p><p>With these two grand inspirations in his life, art followed naturally. \u201cWhen I met photography, my dad and grandma had already laid the foundation,\u201d he says.<\/p><p>He also reflects on his father\u2019s impact on his personal and artistic development.<\/p><p>From a young age, his father instilled the importance of being useful to the people around us and taught him to question the real reasons why we work and what we work toward. From his father, he learned that work could be utilized as a self-manifestation tool.<\/p><p>With these two grand inspirations in his life, art followed naturally. \u201cWhen I met photography, my dad and grandma had already laid the foundation,\u201d he says.<\/p><p>Another instrumental piece of his artistic development was his desire to conceptualize a world through his eyes. There was a need to move this conceptualization process to materialization, and since he never picked up a paintbrush, photography gave him the tools to complete this process. Naturally curious and able to effortlessly correlate concepts, Okereke soon understood his strength as an artist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780d1db e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"780d1db\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7257e3 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7257e3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fda330 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fda330\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u201cIt is not so much outside the box as it is between the boxes. It\u2019s not about inventing grand ideas but rather how you move between spaces. With a sense of multiple identities, you can go forward and backward, and yet, this would still mean moving forward.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>His next journey expanded his sense of self-identity and allowed him a more expansive perspective of Africa since he was no longer looking from within. Studying at the Ecole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris provided him with training at an infrastructural level but simultaneously limited his imagination. There were no references to the artists that he grew up loving and admiring or space to explore the real extent of the history of art.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-746fd31 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"746fd31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ee0a88 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ee0a88\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06ee085 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06ee085\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beautiful Obstacle. En route Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263fda6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"263fda6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He reflects on the limitations of western teachings, \u201cThere\u2019s a paradox in the sense of knowledge we see in the western world.<\/p><p>There\u2019s an apparent abundance of knowledge; museums, schools, libraries, but the approach and the way we digest, engage, and utilize knowledge is limiting.\u201d<\/p><p>There was a deep desire to be part of something big, and Okereke understood that if he wanted to grow as an artist, he needed to get to know himself, step out, and access a whole world of available knowledge back home. This was the moment that prepared him for the journey that would shift the course of his life, the first trans-African road trip.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b42e271 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b42e271\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The purpose of art\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee4fdab elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ee4fdab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab67015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab67015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Okereke is not a man of catchwords. Achievement is not part of his dictionary, as he aims to manifest.<\/p><p>So, when asked if he hopes to change the narrative around contemporary African art, he tells us that he\u2019d rather focus on the process of creation and movement.<\/p><p>Okereke prioritizes creating a space where young artists can absorb knowledge and learn how to stand by their perspective and logic, and then change will happen naturally,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d5f039 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d5f039\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bus_station_Nigeria-edited.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15454\" alt=\"Dream Chamber. Enugu, Nigeria\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bus_station_Nigeria-edited.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bus_station_Nigeria-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bus_station_Nigeria-edited-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bus_station_Nigeria-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bus_station_Nigeria-edited-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac43631 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac43631\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dream Chamber. Enugu, Nigeria<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fa33c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71fa33c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cKnowledge comes in many forms and places, but there\u2019s a lot of ignorance attached to it. So the goal is to create a space for artists to redefine and reshape how we connect with the world around us.<\/p><p>Change might not happen in my time, but that\u2019s not the point, right? Because we are a manifestation of so many journeys of evolution\u2026 and when you think about it that way, it is beautiful that we\u2019re able to do these things. Others will come, and narratives will change.\u201d<\/p><p>Okereke also takes some time to reflect upon the importance of collaboration. He likes to look at collaboration in the broadest sense of the word. Okereke believes that we are in a constant state of collaboration that transcends time and space. We collaborate with our ancestors and the spiritual world; we collaborate with the authors of the books we read and the people that pass through our lives.<\/p><p><strong>\u201cWe are connected in ways that we cannot fathom. And we must always allow ourselves to be open to the magic of that connection.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>He urges us to beware of collaboration out of fear of putting ourselves out there alone and defends that collaboration should come from a place of sharing knowledge and expanding perspectives. \u201cIt\u2019s about the uncomfortable moments, the shifts of perspective, the processing of insights, the reaching of new conclusions. It is messy, yet it is the only way of effective collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60d8abe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60d8abe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to support the project<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1d34d2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c1d34d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa8539 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fa8539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With Invisible Borders, the goal is to put knowledge out there and make art accessible to everyone, with the intention of people grabbing the project naturally. Art does not belong exclusively in grand places. It belongs in our spaces, our homes, in our minds. It is meant to be shared.<\/p><p>To support the projects of Invisible Borders, you can donate at: <strong><span style=\"color: #c87829;\"><a style=\"color: #c87829;\" href=\"https:\/\/invisible-borders.com\/donate\/\">https:\/\/invisible-borders.com\/donate\/ <\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c118dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c118dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/man_river-edited.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15458\" alt=\"We all have a story. Cross-River, Nigeria-Cameroon border\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/man_river-edited.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/man_river-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/man_river-edited-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/man_river-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bunny-wp-pullzone-jakavd135b.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/man_river-edited-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d702b58 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d702b58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We all have a story. 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