P001 → Culture-Sphere
Welcome to the Sphere
I’m Francis Okezie, and with 20 years on earth soil, I’ve photographed, written, listened, and re-imagined cultural systems of expression. I’m offering this content as an agglomeration of my thoughts in development, through the phenomenological observation of my experiences and how we can storytell those experiences in the context of culture and trend optimization. I’m in love with the multiplicity of the world and the way I’m growing to understand it.
What is a Cultural-Sphere?
This atmosphere houses my creations of: writing, photography, e-commerce modelling, and entertainment projects. I write about my experiences in new cities, the events they host, and the stories I learn and make along the way. All atmospheres intersect with similar experiences and ideas, but no atmosphere is identical—our cultural atmosphere is charged by our geographic, idiosyncratic, political, emotional, artistic, academic, religious, racial and the overaching societal conventions.
Frank Bowling, (Born Guyana, 1936) Middle Passage, 1970. Synthetic polymer paint, silkscreen ink, spray paint, wax crayon, and graphite on canvas 122 ¼ × 122 ¼ × 2 in. (310.5 × 310.5 × 5.1 cm)
As a Cultural Scientist*, I know that cultural evolution is inevitable—happening everywhere, every time, all at once. Synchronised behaviours, attitudes, sounds, and fashions are congruent to the fabric of social spaces. As I mature, I further stress the importance of enjoying the ‘journey more than the destination’, this idea motivates me to seek more from what is tangible and digital. I want to be able to reconstruct the ways we treat mundane parts of life: waking up in the morning, shopping at the grocery store, listening to music—interacting with media as a whole—going to concerts, speaking to strangers, and conclusively—experiencing. I am inspired by my origins and by new creative exchanges, infusing reality with my own ideas and experiences.