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Ma je lɛ nɔ 🇬🇭
Build the world
Artist / Technologist / Musician
London / Mexico City / New York
@royalcollegeofart Class of '26
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Cheers to all the absolutely talented and lovely people I met this past year. I wish we could have studied together a bit longer. Hopefully we will all meet again soon in our own corners of the world 💖🤗 P.S. i know I’m missing a bunch of y’all in this post sorry I couldn’t find pictures or insta tagging limit. But you know who you are 🫶🏻 ~ DD!
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🐚 From Principles to Practice - An intimate evening of learning and spiritual connection. All levels welcome. You already know you're intuitive. You've felt the presence of spirit. You've had moments of connection that you can't quite explain. But what comes next? How do you take what you already experience and deepen it? How do you build a practice that's consistent, intentional, and safe? How do you develop what you know is already within you? You're not looking for proof that the spirit world exists... you're looking for guidance on how to engage with it more deeply. 🗓️ Saturday, September 19th We're gathering for something special - a chance to learn about mediumship and experience it directly through a traditional ceremony. An opportunity for both education and embodied practice. Join us for an intentional community experience centered on healing, education, and liberation. 🐚 THE EXPERIENCE Part One: Educational Experience (5:00-6:30 PM) We'll explore foundational principles and practice of mediumship. Part Two: Traditional Ancestral Mediumship Ceremony (7:00-10:00 PM) You will participate in a Traditional Ancestral Mediumship Ceremony. This is where education becomes embodied. This is where understanding becomes experience. This two-part experience is designed to expand both your understanding and your personal practice. 🤍 Come with an open heart and an open mind. Come with humility and a willingness to experience the unseen in new ways. ✍🏽 Registration link in bio
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Window Tripper is a narrative short film made by MA Digital Direction @rca_digitaldirection student, Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh. It tells a story of psychotropic recovery exploring the journey of a young computer science turned engineering student, alongside his mentor – a female coded AI application. Akwetey will show his work @BritishFilmInstitute alongside other @rcasoc graduating students next week as part of the #RCA2026 Festival of Communication. #DigitalArt #DigitalNarrative #AI
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A few moments from Tate Modern. It was a pleasure to exhibit my work alongside such talented performers, musicians and digital artists. Thank you to everyone who came, spent time with the work, and made the evening so special. Grateful to have been part of it.
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It was such a pleasure as ever to spend the day at beautiful @chateaulacoste where art, landscape, and friendship so effortlessly entwine. Deeply grateful to @georginacarolinecohen for such a thoughtful presentation and impeccable organisation as always, bringing together inspired and beautifully curated bodies of work by @rashidjohnson , @shereehovsepian , and their circle of friends to include amongst others @sanfordbiggers , @annie_morris_studio @idriskhan_studio , @joelmesler @tylersphotos @chinatowntaylor @hankwillisthomas , just to name a few … It was particularly wonderful to meet Tyler Mitchell @tylersphotos in person, whose work I’ve long admired. And as always, such a treat to spend time with dear friends @annie_morris_studio and @idriskhan_studio whose company is always a joy - laughter guaranteed 😘 @joelmesler you were so very truly missed ❤️ A gorgeous lunch, exquisite setting, perfect light and wonderful company - just what the dr ordered !🫶🏻
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Noise RCA and thegrin.io are pleased to present Synaptic Architecture at the Tate Modern’s Tate Lates series this Friday June 26th from 6-9:30 PM. The night stages curated installations, hybrid performances and short live-music performances woven with interluded DJ transitions, and screen based works showcased along the perimeter of the Tate’s 2nd floor Blavatnik Room. NOISE, or The Network of Installation Sound Experience, is an RCA wide platform exploring the dynamics of sound experience as it relates to the synaptic interaction and context of other senses and materials in public space. (Free Entry)
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Ghanaian + American RCA Digital direction student Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh explores the idea of ‘synesthetic materiality’ in which his different areas of interest from music, media and technology are combined to rethink the future of art as it also relates to ancestral authorisation. His exhibited work questions what remnants of cultural artefacts re-live their efficacy in forms that together honour, destroy and renew meaning. See his work within Translation Issues? exhibition from 1st July-17th July
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Exhibition Display - 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎: 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙸𝚜 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚂𝚊𝚢 📅 10–13 Feb 2026 📍 Hockney Gallery, Kensington Campus, Royal College of Art 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 Felix Cuvillier · Heather Xing · Jaine Hum · John Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh · Kai Thaís · Madeleine Marg · Mimi Xing · Sparro Chen · Trinity Ellis · Victor Scheibler 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 Ie Jin Choi · Jun Haeng Lee · Lily Yiyan Hou · Zhaozhi Zhang 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 Jaine Hum 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 Yat Sze Ashley Lo
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“ʜᴀɴᴅs ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ sᴡᴀɴs” (𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷) ᴄᴜsᴛᴏᴍ 𝟹ᴅ sᴏғᴛᴡᴀʀᴇ ʙʏ ᴀᴋᴡᴇᴛᴇʏ ᴏʀʀᴀᴄᴀ-ᴛᴇᴛᴛᴇʜ ғᴏʀ @tztvs 🅥🅘🅢🅤🅐🅛 🅑🅡🅞🅐🅓🅒🅐🅢🅣, ᴀ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ᴇxʜɪʙɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ɢᴀʟʟᴇʀʏ’s sᴘʀɪɴɢ ᴀʀᴛ ᴍᴀʀᴋᴇᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxʜɪʙɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀs ᴏɴ ᴀ 𝟷”x𝟷” ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ sʟɪᴅᴇsʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪsᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴀ @tztvs ᴡᴇᴀʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴇʟᴇᴠɪsɪᴏɴ ᴘᴇɴᴅᴀɴᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇ ᴅʀᴀᴡs ғʀᴏᴍ ғʟᴜxᴜs-ᴇʀᴀ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇɢᴀᴄʏ ᴏғ ɴᴀᴍ ᴊᴜɴᴇ ᴘᴀɪᴋ’s ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ sᴄᴜʟᴘᴛᴜʀᴇs. ᴛᴢᴛᴠs sʜɪғᴛs ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴛᴇ ᴏғ ᴠɪᴇᴡɪɴɢ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀʟʟᴇʀʏ ᴡᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ, ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴠɪsᴜᴀʟ ᴇxᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴡᴇᴀʀᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇs ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀᴍ “ʙʀᴏᴀᴅᴄᴀsᴛɪɴɢ” ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛs ᴀssᴏᴄɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴅᴇғɪɴɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛ ᴏғ sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ɪɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ɴᴇᴡs, ᴏʀ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇs ᴡɪᴅᴇʟʏ, ᴏʀ sᴄᴀᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ sᴇᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ. ᴄᴜʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ @toriezalben. ᴏɴᴇ-ᴅᴀʏ ᴇxʜɪʙɪᴛɪᴏɴ 𝟹/𝟸𝟿 𝟷𝟸-𝟻ᴘᴍ ᴘsᴛ
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🟢Green to Blue: This is Just to Say exhibition grows from the in-between space of feeling and naming, resisting fixed emotional projection of colour. The moment we call trees ‘green’ and the ocean ‘blue’, we confine a world of subtle variation into simple words. In doing so, we often miss the infinite gradients that exist between these categories. The exhibition Green to Blue invites us to linger in this in-between space, where fixed names begin to falter and perception remains fluid and open-ended. The words we inherit profoundly influence how we interpret the visible world. While some cultures draw a clear boundary between green and blue, in others both coexist within a single chromatic category. Such differences reveal that colour does not exist as a purely visual fact, but is negotiated through language and the ways we learn to describe our surroundings. Vision is equally provisional. Rather than receiving light passively, the brain filters and adjusts visual information through a process known as cognitive normalisation, drawing on prior encounters and accumulated familiarity. What we see, then, is not a direct transcription of optical input, but an interpretive process shaped by a continuous act of interpretation. Across the exhibition, the works share a palette of green and blue, yet each artist approaches colour through their own lived experience. Colours are selected as carriers of personal memory, sensation, and association, shaped by individual histories and ways of seeing. Through these subjective choices, green and blue acquire distinct meanings—unfolding across memory, bodily awareness, environmental connection, and the passage of time. Rather than assigning fixed interpretations, Green to Blue treats colour as a connective threshold, inviting the viewer to step beyond words and linger within a perceptual space that resists closure.🔵 📷 all photo credits are tagged
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I’m delighted to share that the RCA exhibition our curating team has been working on is finally one step away! This group exhibition forms a part of this year’s RCASU exhibitions; it brings together 10 artists from different courses to contribute to an open-ended, embodied response to the often-considered simple, static concept: 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 and 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎. I took part in this project as a designer, working on its visual identity. The poster idea comes from the universal yet somehow mysterious image seen when someone takes an eye test with an eye doctor. This image, with a house, greenery, and a blue sky, creates an unusual yet connective experience across the boundaries of culture, language, and time. Meanwhile, the contrast between the accurate test results and the fluid perception everyone has is fascinating. I really love how this metaphor closely aligns with our exhibition’s concept, and I’m so glad that it became the final poster. This was a very tight schedule for a group exhibition of this scale, alongside all our coursework, but I did enjoy it a lot. The opportunity to work with peers outside of my bubble and be involved in an organic, thriving collaboration — even at RCA — is rare and a privilege, and I am truly grateful to have had the chance. Lastly, a huge thanks and hug to our lovely curating team — we made it! 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎: 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙸𝚜 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚂𝚊𝚢 📅 10–13 Feb 2026 📍 Hockney Gallery, Kensington Campus, Royal College of Art 🔊 Opening Reception: Tuesday 10 Feb, 6–8pm, Sound Performance at 7pm 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 Felix Cuvillier · Heather Xing · Jaine Hum · John Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh · Kai Thaís · Madeleine Marg · Mimi Xing · Sparro Chen · Trinity Ellis · Victor Scheibler 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 Ie Jin Choi · Jun Haeng Lee · Lily Yiyan Hou · Zhaozhi Zhang 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐛𝐲 Yat Sze Ashley Lo 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 Jaine Hum
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𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎: 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙸𝚜 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚂𝚊𝚢 📅 10–13 Feb 2026 📍 Hockney Gallery, Kensington Campus, Royal College of Art 🔊Opening Reception: Tuesday 10 Feb, 6–8pm, Sound Performance at 7pm The moment we call trees “green” and the ocean “blue,” we confine a world of subtle variation into fixed words, overlooking the countless gradients in between. Green to Blue explores colour not as a stable meaning, but as a fluid sensory experience shaped by language, memory, and perception. Across the exhibition, green and blue shift through cultural differences and personal ways of seeing, becoming carriers of lived experience, bodily sensation, and time. Rather than offering definitive interpretations, the exhibition presents colour as a connective threshold, inviting viewers to move beyond names and linger in an open, unresolved space of perception. 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 Felix Cuvillier · Heather Xing · Jaine Hum · John Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh · Kai Thaís · Madeleine Marg · Mimi Xing · Sparro Chen · Trinity Ellis · Victor Scheibler 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 Ie Jin Choi · Jun Haeng Lee · Lily Yiyan Hou · Zhaozhi Zhang 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐛𝐲 Yat Sze Ashley Lo 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 Jaine Hum
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