Uche Enechukwu in conversation Olufela Omokeko on ICRadio Iwaya.mp3

"Son of a Pepper Seller" is a personal recollection of events during the lockdown in 2020 presented as a visual experience using crops and vegetables. As an installation art, it is an x-ray of human struggle in the process of putting food on their tables during the pandemic with perishable crops and vegetables. In expanding the scope of the project, I am collaborating with an Agriculturist from the Agricultural extension and rural development Department, University of Ibadan. And together, we came up with localized ideas of preserving perishables crops for future use as we are still in the period of uncertainty.

The interruption of the supply chain and other crops are now included in the intervention, which is now thought of as a solo exhibition that uses Agricultural products as material for artistic expression and intervention as the next decades usher us into season of unpredictability.