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CommissionedandproducedbyThyssen-BornemiszaArtContemporaryforst_age SoperadeYemaya(trans.Yemaya’ssouptureen)isanexperimentalshortfilmbyCourtneyDesireeMorris,socialanthropologistandconceptualartistbasedinCalifornia.Itexplorestherelationshipbetweentheblackfemalebody,nature,andthedivine.Guidedbytheideathatthesacredcanbefoundeverywhere,eveninthemostmundanespacesandpracticesofdailylife,theartistdelvesintotheexperiencesoffemaleancestorsandelderswhosestoriesareoftenmissingfromfamilyhistoriesandofficialhistoricalnarratives.ThefilmdrawsonthefolkloreofYemaya,adeitywithrootsintheYorubareligionwhoisoftendepictedasamermaid.StoriesaboutYemayawerebroughttoBrazil,Cuba,Haiti,andtheU.S.byenslavedAfricansasearlyasthe16thcentury.ThefilmfocusesontheOrisha,Yemaya,theYorubadeitywhorulestheearth’soceansandmotherhood.“Usingmyownpregnantbodyasavessel,Iperform7rituals–insitesrangingfrommyownbathroomandkitchentoriversandtheocean–thatrepresentthemanydifferentfacetsofYemaya’sdivineenergyandthenaturalsitesthatsheinhabits.”