Ayétútù Oríadé – She Who Remembers Our Sound
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Ayétútù Oríadé – She Who Remembers Our Sound Poetic Evocation Offering™ and Glyph Statement Ayétútù Oríadé – She Who Remembers Our Sound is a Poetic Evocation Offering™ created and authored by Dr. Yẹ́wándé Òkùlẹ́yẹ, grounded in Yorùbá cosmology, ancestral knowledge, and place-based memory. First presented at Holy Trinity Church, Cloudesley Square, the work weaves together four interlinked stories shaped by silence, migration, ritual, and spiritual listening. The offering introduces Ayétútù Oríadé — a mythical bird born of ancestral and cosmological knowledge — and follows her presence through sites of sacred stillness and embodied witnessing. Rooted in Yorùbá understanding of interconnectedness between human and more-than-human worlds, the work positions the artist herself as the vessel and convergence point through which myth and self become one. This dossier includes: the concept of Poetic Evocation Offering™, artist statement, cultural and relational ethics, visual references, and an archival note. It is shared as part of a living archive, where presence, voice, and ritual continue to unfold.
Author: Okuleye, Yewande
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6968538003
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