What I am Reading Now…
Ntiense Eno-Amooquaye
August 2023
Blackcurrant bud
Whipping water
Terrace
Little garden
Flavours in water of fragrance
The scent and memory that tells of the earth
Smell from the vine
Of perfume
Bottles
Ashanti Gold and Jewels are relation
Hand made
Wear costumes and mask
Metal and instrument to touch
The heart of a globe
Chamber
Vibrant Legacy
With new experience
Autograph
Creatures
Inspiration and moment
The set platform and stages
Cast border
Million dollar
To keep in a pocket
Human civil rights with culture on ethnic site
Properties in living
And sites of work
Nation
Jewellery becomes law
Symbols of state
Boundaries of laws with a badge of honour
Sapphires and rubies
Engagement
Gold ring with diamonds
Tribe Shaped
Union promise of
Betrothal
Pearls and power
Around neck and abundant
Life’s mystery
Majority Treasure
Stone Imperial state
The crown shown
Central Parks
Bloomberg parking resources
The Jungle of cities
Crowded environment
Department
Patches of nature
Meadows
Parkway
Footpath to walk in needs
Passion crossed sandy paths
The woods
The oak
Footprints to trace and mystery
Common wealth in
Palace courtyards
Mansion Gallery where art and life gathered
Place to sit
Ornaments objects and still life
Modest catchphrase
Glamourous lives and charities
Raising the hands applause
Sarah Hewitt is inside the elevator
Standing upright
Diamonds the gate shows
Eleanor Hewitt
A sister founder
Director of the museum
Yoruba pillar is standing
Ntiense Eno-Amooquaye’s practice integrates the visual, written and spoken word through print, text, image and live performance.
‘I am a writer, performer and maker of artwork. I explore the relationships between words and images, the artist as someone who listens, recording to collect the writing as well as the drawings. I want to present what I am doing in performance and reading in performance but also ask – where do people find me in the exhibition when I am not there?’ Ntiense Eno-Amooquaye.
Reading
Blackcurrant Bud in Perfumery, Various authors (Nez Éditions, 2021)
Ashanti gold: The African legacy of the world’s most precious metal, Edward S. Ayensu (Marshall Editions, 1997)
Jewels That Made History, Stellene Volandes (Rizzoli, 2020)
Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks, by Joel Meyerowitz (Aperture, 2009)
Life of a Mansion: The Story of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Heather Ewing (Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 2014)