“‘Mangrove Mud Womp’ take us on a mysterious, and miraculous trip through a Florida unseen and only known by a rare few. Onajide Shabaka serves as the visual guide and narrator through this world of the strange and the unique, a half real world as we travel into the deep, deep mud of the ancient estuary, the guardian mythic spirit of the mangroves.”

Funding for this project is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Various earthstar mushrooms
(part of larger installation “Mangrove Mud Womp”)

(Via Art & Code.)

“Total Disappearance, v.2 (video still)”
archival pigment print on Canson paper
[Narrated video]

Flag (silk)
silk on silk fabric
44.5 x 23 in.

Untitled (fossil-like object)
concrete, dirt, shells, resin
6 x 3 x 3 in.

Untitled (sculpture)
coral rock, dirt, shells, resin
6 x 8 x 10 in.

I have to eat my words. Big time. I used to read the blogs of Jeremy and JJ Allaire, creators of Coldfusion (a software program for those that don’t know), including leaving a comment or so. Jeremy Allaire was making a big deal out of camera phones at the time. As a person with a more professional photographic background, it was really a joke to think of the camera phone as little more than a trick. Of course, improvements have been made, including HDR and HD video in the iPhone. Aside from all the apps to filter the images with an abundance of colors, textures, and lens effects, the quality of the images is actually very good. Some of the images from my upcoming exhibition, Mangrove Mud Womp, are iPhone images, imported into, and then exported from Adobe Lightroom. You’ll have to see the images printed (on Canson paper) to understand what I’m saying.

(The manifestation of miracles lead to new opportunities. Ode reports the incorrect use of force. Be emotionally and spiritually pure. Dysfunction leads to isolation.)