Gbenga Komolafe

Gbenga Komolafe is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Their research-driven work incorporates sculpture, film, sound, and site-specific installation, and draws inspiration from traditional Yoruba ritual practices as well as the work of queer and Black communities of the mid 20th century. They are developing a performance piece to re-contextualize the polyrhythmic, transcendental Yoruba practice of bata drumming, using modern drum sequencers to combine tradition with modernity.