Ayo and Melvin Moti at Shimmer

Artists: Ayo and Melvin Moti

Exhibition title: A Door Ajar, Singing

Curated by: Shimmer (Eloise Sweetman and Jason Hendrik Hansma)

Venue: Shimmer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Date: October 9 – January 13, 2022

Photography: jhoeko / all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Shimmer, Rotterdam

Note: Press release is available here

A Door Ajar, Singing, Installation views. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

A Door Ajar, Singing, Installation views. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Ayo, She asked me, ‘why did you come if you’ll leave again?’, (2019) Heirloom: Itele, Opobo, ink, cow dung. Replica: Concrete. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Ayo, She asked me, ‘why did you come if you’ll leave again?’, (2019) Heirloom: Itele, Opobo, ink, cow dung. Replica: Concrete. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Ayo, She asked me, ‘why did you come if you’ll leave again?’, (2019) Heirloom: Itele, Opobo, ink, cow dung. Replica: Concrete. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Interwoven (2020) woven textile, 58 x 287 cm woven by Yayoi Shimanaka on Taketomi Island 2015-2018. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Interwoven (2020) woven textile, 58 x 287 cm woven by Yayoi Shimanaka on Taketomi Island 2015-2018. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Interwoven (2020) woven textile, 58 x 287 cm woven by Yayoi Shimanaka on Taketomi Island 2015-2018. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Interwoven (2020) woven textile, 58 x 287 cm woven by Yayoi Shimanaka on Taketomi Island 2015-2018. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Interwoven (2020) woven textile, 58 x 287 cm woven by Yayoi Shimanaka on Taketomi Island 2015-2018. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

A Door Ajar, Singing, Installation views. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

A Door Ajar, Singing, Installation views. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Interwoven (2020) woven textile, 58 x 287 cm woven by Yayoi Shimanaka on Taketomi Island 2015-2018. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Interwoven (2020) woven textile, 58 x 287 cm woven by Yayoi Shimanaka on Taketomi Island 2015-2018. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Interwoven (2020) woven textile, 58 x 287 cm woven by Yayoi Shimanaka on Taketomi Island 2015-2018. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer

Interwoven (2020) woven textile, 58 x 287 cm woven by Yayoi Shimanaka on Taketomi Island 2015-2018. Photography by Jhoeko, courtesy of the artist and Shimmer