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Photography (MA)

Misia-O'

Amma's second attempt to unite to earth is successful.Twins, or 'Nommos', are born. Image: 'Eclosion' from the series 'Sirius".


Misia-O' is a multidisciplinary storyteller creating immersive art experiences. With a background as an interior architect and perfumer, photographer and film director, she creates online and offline immersive experiences with various media, including photography, film, spoken word, perfume, sculpture and experiential design. Her art practice, accessible to sighted and visually impaired people, celebrates the cosmogony of ancient civilisations, bringing back to light ancestral wisdom combined with ancient and future technologies, thus towards a more sustainable future.

Misia-O' holds several awards in interior design and photography. Her MA thesis titled “Muse/Abuse” is part of the RCA’s permanent library collection.

Upcoming exhibitions

'Light Being', Lychee One, London (28-30th June 2023)

'Off-RCA', Atelier Alonso, Arles, France (3-9th July 2023)

 'RCA2023: Graduate Show', Truman Brewery, London (13-16 July 2023)




Degree Details

School of Arts & HumanitiesPhotography (MA)RCA2023 at Truman Brewery

Truman Brewery, F Block, Ground, first and second floors

'Thor' from the series 'Sirius' Thor is the unwanted son of the God Amma, born from a first failed union with Earth.

Dogon: The Cosmological Myth

This is the first chapter of a larger project titled ‘Sirius’.

Photography, art film, spoken word, binaural sounds and scented sculptures are part of this immersive art's project conceived with and for my Dad, at the onset of his passing to the otherworld.

A transitional collaboration for us both, linking the physical world to the otherworld, bringing back to light the wisdom and magic of the Dogon and their ancestral knowledge.The Dogon are a tribe in Mali, West Africa, whose mythology and quantum knowledge defy western understanding of time and death with its cosmogony.







 
Dogon: The Cosmological Myth-by Misia-O' – "Dogon: The Cosmological Myth" is a short art's film, photo series and scented sculptures by Misia-O', conceptualising the story of creation of life by the God Amma in Dogon mythology. It draws on post-humanist and new materialist ideas of co-existence with not only with the non-human but also with the non-material or spiritual.

Dogon: The Cosmological Myth- by Misia-O'

"Dogon:The Cosmological Myth" is a short art film by Misia-O', conceptualising the story of creation of life by the God Amma in Dogon mythology. Amma's twins, "Nommos" are born from a successful union with Mother Earth. The twins are representative of the world's equilibrium.The Dogon, a tribe from Mali in West Africa, are believed to be descendants of ancient Egyptians and to hold secret and sacred knowledge of the mystery schools and of quantum theory.The Dogon discovered the star "Sirius" (a star shining 20 times brighter than the sun) 400 years before the invention of the telescope. Sirius, located in the constellation of the Dog, is celebrated in the animist rituals and Dogon dances. "Dama", one of the Dogon dance, celebrates the link between the physical world and the otherworld (since Life and Death are one). According to the Dogon complex mythology, the origins of the creation of life are linked to universal beliefs-where the universe is a living organised body, with mankind as a microcosmic image of this world. Those beliefs are translated in Dogon's architecture bearing sacred symbols imprinted in clay, in Dogon's attics-designed as vortexes applying sacred geometry principles, in their dance rituals and in their daily life.




Amma, the God, united with earth and created life. Image: Life Creation, from the series 'Sirius'
'Life Creation'-series Sirius©Misia-O' 2023
Thor - born out of a failed union between Amma and earth. Image: 'Thor' from the series 'Sirius'
'Thor'-series Sirius©Misia-O' 2023
Amma's second union with earth was successful-Image: 'Amma's egg' from the series 'Sirius'
'Amma's Egg'-series Sirius©Misia-O' 2023
Nommos: the twins were born. Mermen coming to life. Image:'Becoming' from the series 'Sirius'
'Becoming'- series Sirius©Misia-O' 2023
One of the twin emerged on the rocks, fresh out of water-Image: 'Emerging' from the series 'Sirius'
'Emerging'- series Sirius©Misia-O' 2023
The Nommo, or twin, imprinted earth . Image: 'Imprint' from the series 'Sirius'
'Imprint'-series Sirius©Misia-O' 2023
Exhausted, exhilarated, one of the Nommo merged with his new life on earth-Image: 'At one" from the series 'Sirius'
'At one'-series Sirius©Misia-O' 2023
'Merman' Fresh out of the water, loses his fish tail as he moves onto the shore- Image: 'Merman' from the series 'Sirius'
'Merman'-series Sirius©Misia-O' 2023
'Kanaga'- image from the series 'Sirius'.A debossed scented white clay tile of Kanaga, symbol of the structure of the universe
'Kanaga', from the series 'Sirius'©Misia-O' 2023
'Sirius B' image from the series 'Sirius'.A scented clay tile, debossed image of the star 'Sirius B' or the orbit of Digitaria
'Sirius B' from the series 'Sirius'©Misia-O' 2023
'Nommo'- image from the series 'Sirius'. A debossed scented clay tile image of Nommo: symbol of the mermen .
'Nommo' from the series 'Sirius'©Misia-O' 2023
'Vortex'- from the series 'Sirius'. A black scented clay tile, symbol of the Dogon's astrophysics advanced knowledge.
'Vortex' from the series 'Sirius'©Misia-O' 2023
'The Orbit Of Digitaria '- image from the series 'Sirius'. A black scented clay tile, symbol of the orbiting of Sirius B
'The Orbit of Digitaria' from the series 'Sirius'©Misia-O' 2023
'Stellar'- image from the series 'Sirius'. A black scented clay tile, symbol of the constellation of the Dog
'Stellar' from the series 'Sirius'©Misia-O' 2023
'Dama's Jump'- image from the series 'Sirius'. Embossed white print of 'Dama's Jump", symbol of the Dama dance
'Dama Jump', series 'Sirius' ©Misia-O' 2023-embossed, white print
'The Star Of Woman'-image from the series 'Sirius'.Embossed white print of 'The Star Of Woman', constellation of the Dog
'The Star Of Woman', series 'Sirius' ©Misia-O' 2023-embossed, white print
'Sirius B'- image from the series 'Sirius'. Embossed white print of 'Sirius B ' orbiting.
'Sirius B', series 'Sirius' ©Misia-O' 2023-embossed, white print
'Heliacal rising of Sirius'- image from the series 'Sirius'. Embossed black print of of the sun and Sirius joined together.
'Heliacal rising of Sirius'©Misia-O' 2023- series 'Sirius'-embossed, black print
'Dama's Jump'- image from the series 'Sirius'. Embossed black print of 'Dama's Jump", symbol of the Dama dance
'Dama Jump', series 'Sirius' ©Misia-O' 2023-embossed, black print
'The Star Of Woman'-image from the series 'Sirius'. Embossed black print of 'The Star Of Woman', constellation of the Dog
'The Star Of Woman', series 'Sirius'©Misia-O' 2023-embossed, black print
'Kanaga: Accord No 1'- First accord of Kanaga art scent
Launch Project
"Kanaga : Accord No.1'- Image©Misia-O' 2023, Kanaga ™ Eclipsed No More. – "Kanaga" is a wooden mask worn during the Dama Dance, performed by Dogon male dancers in Mali, West Africa. The dance celebrates the link between life and death, the physical and the otherworld. An audio performance with binaural sounds accessible to visually impaired people, created to tell the story of this first perfume accord of the finished scent 'Kanaga'. The accord is created with several ingredients, researched carefully used to match the story of creation of Life in Dogon's mythology.
'Kanaga: Accord No 2'- Second accord of Kanaga scent
Launch Project
'Kanaga: Accord No.2'. Image ©Misia-O' 2023, Kanaga ™ Eclipsed No More. – "Kanaga" is a wooden mask worn during the Dama Dance, performed by Dogon male dancers in Mali, West Africa. The dance celebrates the link between life and death, the physical and the otherworld. An audio performance with binaural sounds accessible to visually impaired people, created to tell the story of this second perfume accord of the finished scent 'Kanaga'. The accord is created with several ingredients, researched carefully used to match the story of creation of Life in Dogon's mythology.
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