Samora Ogeda-Chemba Obyerodhyambo
KMRU presents WAI8
Multidisciplinary artist Samora Ogeda-Chemba Obyerodhyambo is a composer and producer whose work exists at the intersection of sound, film, performance and political imagination. His sonic architectures are primarily shaped by African contemporary artistic discourse and his music fuses jazz improvisation, avant-garde electronics, spoken word and cinematic orchestration. His artistic practice interrogates themes of systemic oppression, decolonization, collective memory and psychological transformation through alternative narrative structures and polyrhythmic layering. With intricate productions and dramaturgical composition, he builds immersive sonic landscapes that function both as performance and as social commentary.
This artist is part of the program curated by KMRU. The sound artist presents WAI8, an eight-hour durational performance that examines time and attention through the practice of waiting as an active form of engagement. Its iteration at Le Guess Who? features nine performers, positioning waiting as a space where sound is allowed to breathe, decay and resonate over time.
