THE COMMUNION PROJECT

On going project on performance and institutional + public realm activation

‘Communion’ is a communal pounding table designed as a reimagination of the practice of making ‘fufu’. The work looks to create and reframe a traditional Ghanaian process of pounding cassava and plantain with mortar (woduro) and pestle (woma) as a communal act where multiple people can collectively engage in the making of ‘Fufu’ as a shared everyday act transformed into performance. The design centers the process of collectively making and sharing a meal as point for exchange and discussion.

Photographers:       Christian Cassiel
                                    Cas Jones
                                    Hydar Dewachi
                                    Giles Tettey Nartey





















Wallpaper* Class of 24, Triennale Milano

2024







First Communion, Victoria & Albert Muesum, London

The First Communion marks the first live performance and activation of artist and architect Giles Tettey Nartey’s Communion pounding table, designed as a reimagining of the practice of making ‘fufu’—a staple food in West Africa. This piece explores the quotidian practices and rituals that serve as the nexus between the body and objects through movement, sound, and art direction by Ronan McKenzie.

2024