Dream Sequence: Ayebatonye Abrakasa

Nothing makes sense, yet everything is interconnected. 

Existential Bread, first conceived in mid 2020, is a multi-dimensional exploration of Dream Sequence artist Ayebatonye Abrakasa's understanding of the idiom ‘life is but a dream’ as it relates to her Blackness, capitalism, colonialism, afrofuturism, ancestral dreaming and the digital realm. 

Existential Bread is a film that contends to be the antithesis to existentialism, arguing that there is no such thing as free will in a world where freedom doesn’t exist. 

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Key Creatives

Ayebatonye Abrakasa

Ayebatonye Abrakasa is a DJ, artist and curator of Nigerian heritage settled on Gadigal land. She is the founder/creative director of DIY arts platform Irregular Fit. Through her arts practice, Ayebatonye explores existentialism and absurdism as it relates to her surroundings, her identity and its intersections. As a DJ, Ayebatonye is best known for her eclectic sonic stylings, blending global electronic sounds, rich afro rhythms, house, techno, jersey club and more. She currently works as city manager of Sydney for online magazine Resident Advisor.

Executive Producer: Priya Panchalingham

Creative Producer: Verónica Barac-Gomez

Dramaturg: Verónica Barac-Gomez

IMAGE CREDIT

Sidney McMahon

PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.