Filmmaker, multimedia artist and IMA alum Seyi Adebanjo is one of six artists selected for the 2023 Trans Possibilities Intensive Fellowship at Sundance!
“The Trans Possibilities Intensive programme was founded in 2021 and directly supports transgender artists of colour through project-based granting. It supports trans-led projects at all stages, identifies and nurtures emerging trans talent, and offers year-round custom creative and professional development opportunities.”
Seyi Adebanjo is a Queer Gender-Non-Conforming Nigerian artist who raises awareness around social issues through video. Seyi’s work exists at the intersection of art, imagination, ritual and politics. Seyi is on Creatives Rebuild New York Think Tank and was awarded a residency with The Laundromat Project, Fatales Forward: Trans Stories Fellowship.
Seyi was selected with their project, “Afromystic” which is a “lyrical documentary guided by four LGBTQ Yorùbá practitioners across the waters of Nigeria, the U.S. and Brazil reclaiming lost mythologies such as deities who change gender and are born from the love of two womxn. “Afromystic” weaves animated Queer & Trans Òrìṣà mythology, poetry, theater and ritual. “
More info about the fellowship:
https://www.sundance.org/blogs/strongsundance-institute-announces-fellows-for-trans-possibilities-intensivestrong/
More about Seyi and their work:
http://www.seyiadebanjo.com
