Here shown, Ogunji's perfomance during lalala ha!.
The artist expressed inspiration through desire to create a piece using just her body in a constraint manner. Ogunji was interested in what it means to be happy and what happens to the body when one is pretending to be content while being constrained in one position.
Wura-Natasha Ogunji talks about how the dynamic movement of Lagos inspired her works for her solo exhibition lalala ha!
Wura Natasha Ogunji:
Lalala ha!
This solo presentation of paintings, drawings and performance by Wura-Natasha Ogunji ebbs, flows and accumulates over time. Conceptualised as a series of changing vignettes with a non-linear narrative, lalala ha! considers the characteristics of the space as an important presence within the exhibition, with the height of the ceilings, the reverberation of sound, the cool industrial floors, and discreet windows all in dialogue with the works on display.
Conceptually, lalala ha! is a form of memoir, embodying ways of being and moving in the city of Lagos, where the artist has primarily lived and worked for the past decade.
Excerpt from Tiwani Contemporary