Main Costume. 3 in 1 Egúngún, which can be translated as 'powers concealed' is an annual or biennial masquerade festival held by Yoruba-speaking people in Nigeria. It takes the form of masked and costumed performers moving among the crowd, through the streets.
An Egúngún masker represents, honours and invokes an ancestor. Concealed by his layered cloth costume, the performer energetically spins the ancestor into being through freeform dance.
The main costume combines Dutch wax prints, traditional West African produced batiks and tie dye with mass-market clothing fragments. The piece makes references to global issues of environmental damage, exploitation of labour in the clothing industries and migrant populations.
