SENAY ALKEBU-LAN -- ARTIST

SENAY ALKEBU-LAN (ሰናይ) IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST FROM WEST OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA WHOse PRACTICE EMPLOYS fashion DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM, ILLUSTRATION, GRAPHIC DESIGN & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. HE IS THE FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF MADOW FUTUR.

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BOOK A SHOOT

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MOTHER, I DREAM OF HOME (2018)

ABIYADE (2019)

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madow futur Pieces 2018-2020

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"DYNASTY 2084"
FOR FASHION DESIGN 2
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
2020

DYNASTy "2084"

IS ALL THAT IS ANTIQUE OBSOLETE?
THE AMBIGUITY OF 2084 BEING IN THE DISTANT PAST OR NEAR FUTURE ECHOES THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUALITY OF THIS COLLECTION As IT EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GLORY AND DECAY EXEMPLIFIED BY 1980S FASHION & ANCIENT KEMETIC (EGYPTIAN) SCULPTURE. THE SILHOUETTES & FABRICS INSPIRED BY POPULAR 1980’S FASHION NOD TO THE GLAMOUR OF A PERIOD THAT HAS SINCE DECAYED BUT PULSES THROUGH TODAY’S TRENDS. THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION OF KEMET SHARED THIS SENSE OF GLAMOUR AS MANY OF OUR RECORDS OF IT ARE LARGER THAN LIFE, JUST LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POPSTAR & SUPERMODEL OF THE 20TH CENTURY. AFTER HAVING LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR MODERN PHILOSOPHY & SOCIETAL ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE, FORCES INTERNAL & EXTERNAL BROUGHT KEMET TO ITS KNEES AND LEFT IN RUIN AND DECAY. THIS COLLECTION ADMIRES THE BEAUTY IN THE DECAYING STONE AND IN THE TIMELESSNESS OF GOOD ART WHETHER IT BE VINTAGE OR ANCIENT.