{"id":79,"date":"2025-05-23T15:58:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/?p=79"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:36:47","slug":"mama-in-your-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Mama, In Your Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56a869c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muna-Artspace-Poster-InstaSize.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muna-Artspace-Poster-InstaSize.webp 1080w, https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muna-Artspace-Poster-InstaSize-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muna-Artspace-Poster-InstaSize-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Muna-Artspace-Poster-InstaSize-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Mama, In Your Absence<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>June 5th &#8211; 21st, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opening Reception<\/strong>: June 6th, 2025, 6-9 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Mama, In Your Absence<\/strong> is an interactive web documentary exploring the literary legacy of my grandmother, Flora Nwapa: the first African woman to publish a novel in English. Through archival materials, narrative letters, mixed-media manipulated diaristic footage, and interactive storytelling, the project reflects on Flora\u2019s legacy in relation to the creative careers of myself, my mother and my sister. This intergenerational dialogue becomes a reflection of the way Igbo women\u2019s stories are preserved, erased or reimagined. By weaving together personal and collective narratives, it challenges traditional archival practices and static portrayals of African women\u2019s legacies, exploring how digital media can bridge past and present to foster an evolving dialogue on legacy and identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Muna Nzeribe<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 5th &#8211; 21st<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"post_folder":[17],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recent-programs-2025","category-6","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artspace.thecreativeschool.torontomu.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}