Contact:
Website: https://adzatarka.com/
Instagram: @nevertobeconfirmed
Email: adzatarka@gmail.com
Based in:
London (UK)
Bio:
Adza is a Nigerian interdisciplinary designer based in London. Her work draws inspiration from participatory art, archival research and decolonial methodologies, prioritising an experimental practice-based approach. Her projects include audiovisual installations, films, interactive theatre workshops, wearable musical instruments, and textbooks, framed as resistive toolkits exploring cultural preservation, anti-surveillance, media archaeology, and accessible forms of knowledge production. Tarka aims to create impactful experiences that empower audiences.
Context:
Adza became a part of the collective after submitting her work to the festival open call.
KONTEKST:
2025: Adza’s installation 9jafuturhythmachine: soro soke was featured at KONTEKST Film Fest: ARCHIVE.
PROJECTS:
9jafuturhythmachine: soro soke (2024)
multimedia installation (sculpture, video, textbook) · UK · English
Interactive installation presenting the two histories of Nigeria: one of the people and one of the state to to explore how archiving is both a result of intentional remembering but also intentional forgetting.
Featured at KONTEKST Film Fest: ARCHIVE (Feb 2025)
Read more and explore the project here.
private <i> (2024)
interactive film · UK · English
Interactive film exploring the grey area between personal security and personal privacy.
Read more and explore the project here.