The Igbo people have a saying, “whenever you wake up is your morning.” 11:11 is an installation that supports the vision of the film (The Majors) which is about the moment The Hero wakes up as The Fool, and has to encounter her memories, and her personal myths in order to conquer fear and doubt . Eventually, she arrives at the end of her old self and the beginning of her new one, ultimately beginning a new self from an old essence. This installation is a simplification of the 4 Igbo market days (Afro, nkwo, orie, eke) and the 4 elements of nature (wind, earth, fire and water), and the overarching fifth element called Time.

Sheila Chiamaka Chukwulozie is touring with her new film called “The Majors”, an 11 minute silent film that chronicles a Hero’s Journey from fear to faith. Her film debuted at the 50th anniversary of Geneva’s Biennal L’image De Mouvement. Sheila is a filmmaker, tea maker, multi-media artist and writer whose works have been shown in, Switzerland, France, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Ghana, England, Germany, Senegal, South Africa, Czech Republic and USA. She has worked both on and off screen for films, music videos and other moving image productions. From August 2017- August 2018, she travelled as a Thomas J Watson fellow studying materials of culture with traditional mask makers and cloth weavers in eight African countries. Her installation at the Johannesburg Art Fair “Thanks Xenophobia” has been reviewed by Artnet, Frieze, Financial Times and other leading media houses. As a writer she has been long-listed for the Society of Publishers in Asia award for her essay “Sculptures that Speak with God”, published as the cover story for Life Magazine, China. Her debut lead role in the film “Egungun” (directed by Olive Nwosu) has been nominated for awards at the British Film Institute, TIFF International film festival, Aspen film festival and Sundance.