Etiqueta: Mendi & Keith Obadike

lull, a sleep temple is an overnight musical work where artists Mendi + Keith Obadike create a sonic environment for rest. The 8 hour livestream is accompanied by a «dream kit» created by the artists.

This eight hour piece premiered in July of 2020 as a stream for the University of Chicago’s Gray Sound Sessions.

«We wanted a sleep piece for ourselves, so we decided to make it with the hope that other people would want to experience something like this, too. Our title, lull, a sleep temple, points both to a need for a pause, and to “sleep temples,” which are places to rest or dream. Historically, sleep temples were sites in ancient Egypt where people went and entered a sleep-like state for healing and dreaming. In our cultures (Igbo and African-American) dreams are still understood as extremely important. Sleeping and dreaming are understood as a way to connect to something larger than our conscious minds.»

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