
Jota Mombaça
Jota Mombaça’s moving installation evokes the undulating motion of tides, imbuing the seas with an omniscient voice that warns of the cruelties inflicted by humans. THE SINKING SHIP/PROSPERITY (all works 2022), is part of an ongoing series of the same title in which Mombaça submerges fabric in bodies of water and then dredges it up weeks later via performative actions. Draped from metal armatures are swaths of the creased linen and cotton that have been soaked in Venetian lagoons and northern California bays. Falling like curtains from ceiling to floor, the mottled, natural textiles show the