Studio Efiok❤️‍🔥

We tend to place ourselves into the confines of a singular title, especially when pushing for perfection in our craft. I’ve noticed especially for myself that escaping these confines initiates a deeply spiritually freedom because it allows me to think within the larger frameworks that my brain naturally tries to find. A photobook may be the best medium for one project while charcoal drawings or collage might be best for another. It’s definitely been hard for me to come to terms with this as I feel that I am often pushed towards one title or the other, at least before gaining a larger platform as an artist and maker in which I can do whatever I want.

Artist, curator, photographer, visionary, cultural producer, painter, sculptor…I deadass want it all. I have this insatiable desire to claim all of these titles (and more) without being confined by a singular one. There’s something I find really special about those that are able to push aside the noise and make work that is a response to the rhythms they feel throughout the world around them. After all artists aren’t saying anything extraordinary for the most part. We simply find a way to translate our perspective for the world to see.