Cosmic Archaeology – Tabita Rezaire

Ultra Wet – Recapitulation

“The pyramid harnesses healing energy from its tip, while its four faces retell vital stories of feminine-masculine alignments.”  

In these words the artist  Tabita Rezaire describes her work Ultra Wet – Recapitulation. Placed at the very center of the darkened exhibition space, the video projection narrates a symbolic journey into the wisdom and indigenous traditions of pre-colonial Africa, where the wombs of both the earth and women were sacred. Through colorful textures and floating flowers, serpents, and galaxies, the video takes us through the natural and celestial realms from the village of Credo Mutwa (a South African traditional healer) to the sandy landscape of Egypt and computerized worlds.  

In dialogue with feminist and decolonial concerns, Rezaire’s work is rooted in a knowledge that encompasses diverse sources and traditions. It delves into the histories of sexuality, healing, globalization, and scientific investigation.  

Tabita Rezaire (b. 1989, Paris) is an artist, yogi, doula, and farming student. Embracing digital, corporeal and ancestral memory, she digs into scientific imaginaries and mystical realms to tackle the colonial wounds and energetic imbalances that affect our bodies, minds and spirits.   

Rezaire is based near Cayenne in French Guiana, where she is birthing AMAKABA—her vision for a healing center in the Amazonian forest. Rezaire’s cross-dimensional practice envisions network sciences—organic, electronic and spiritual—as healing technologies to serve the shift towards her idea of heart consciousness. 

Photo: Ville Mäkilä, Museum Centre of Turku.