{"id":34,"date":"2026-03-14T23:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jauqxpc.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:43:48","slug":"a%e1%b9%a3ekemet-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/en\/a%e1%b9%a3ekemet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"34\" class=\"elementor elementor-34\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04fb5d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"04fb5d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550f5b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"550f5b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L-UNIVERS-A\u1e62EKEMET-BLAKFOFIZ-998x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1247\" alt=\"L UNIVERS \u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET BLAKFOFIZ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L-UNIVERS-A\u1e62EKEMET-BLAKFOFIZ-998x1024.png 998w, https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L-UNIVERS-A\u1e62EKEMET-BLAKFOFIZ-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L-UNIVERS-A\u1e62EKEMET-BLAKFOFIZ-768x788.png 768w, https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L-UNIVERS-A\u1e62EKEMET-BLAKFOFIZ-600x616.png 600w, https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/L-UNIVERS-A\u1e62EKEMET-BLAKFOFIZ.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f690a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17f690a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d3ec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59d3ec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET \u2014 The cosmology of Maison FOFIZ<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629fcfb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"629fcfb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2abd08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2abd08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The FOFIZ House Manifesto<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET<\/strong>\u00a0is not simply a collection of works. It is an architecture of the mind, a visual cosmology born from the hand of\u00a0<strong>BLAKFOFIZ<\/strong>\u00a0(Wilfried Vincent Ad\u00e9wal\u00e9). Child of the lineage of\u00a0<strong>Ogoudjobi<\/strong>\u00a0and heir to the creative spirit of\u00a0<strong>Ferry Djimmy<\/strong>, the artist deploys here a living system where art becomes an act of sovereignty.<\/p><p><strong>The Alchemy of the Name: Power and Origin<\/strong><\/p><p>The word\u00a0<strong>\u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET<\/strong>\u00a0is the fusion of two pillars of African consciousness:<\/p><ul><li><strong>\u00c0<\/strong><strong>\u1e62\u1eb8<\/strong><strong> (Yoruba):<\/strong>\u00a0The life force, the creative word, the energy that commands chaos to become form. It is the power that sets the world in motion.<\/li><li><strong>KEMET (Ancient Egyptian):<\/strong> The original Black Earth. The matrix of knowledge, the fertile soil where civilization took root. It is the deep memory of the continent.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET<\/strong>\u00a0is the African creative power captured in its perpetual movement: between respect for ancestors and the invention of the future.<\/p><p><strong>A Total Plastic Language<\/strong><\/p><p>In this universe, nothing is ornamental. Every warrior, every guardian, every throne is a\u00a0<strong>active energy<\/strong>. \u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET is structured around four cardinal forces:<\/p><ol><li><strong>MEMORY:<\/strong>\u00a0The blood of the Ogoujobi flows in the veins of the work.<\/li><li><strong>PROTECTION:<\/strong>\u00a0Guardian presences that watch over our mental and physical space.<\/li><li><strong>SOVEREIGNTY:<\/strong>\u00a0The assertion of a perspective that no longer asks permission to exist.<\/li><li><strong>THE RENAISSANCE:<\/strong>\u00a0The eternal cycle where each ending is the breeding ground for a new beginning.<\/li><\/ol><p><strong>The Philosophy of the Circle: The UBUNTU Spirit<\/strong><\/p><p>In contrast to pyramidal hierarchies, \u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET is a\u00a0<strong>circular system<\/strong>. Inspired by the ethics of\u2019<strong>Ubuntu<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<em>\u00ab&quot;I am because we are&quot;\u00bb<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 this visual language rejects domination.<\/p><p>Here, power is not exercised over the other; it\u00a0<strong>circulate<\/strong>. It is shared between the figures, the artisans who shape the material, and the viewer who receives the work. It is a cartography of balance where each presence is necessary for the survival of the whole.<\/p><p><strong>Afro-Contemporary &amp; Afro-Futurism<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET is a\u00a0<strong>active memory<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The creative process reflects this duality: an original digital matrix, drawn with the patience of a scribe, which is then embodied in the density of painting, the nobility of sculpture or the precision of Fine Art.<\/p><p>By collaborating with artisans from the continent, BLAKFOFIZ does not reproduce the past: it reactivates symbols and projects them into the coming century.<\/p><p><strong>\u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET is not a backdrop. It is a world to traverse. It is the future of our heritage.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b8ba12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9b8ba12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3d6d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d3d6d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET is the artistic cosmology developed by BLAKFOFIZ to link African memory, creative power and Afro-futurist visual future in an Afro-contemporary plastic language.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86e3209 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86e3209\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f53138 popmake-2290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f53138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrier-BLAK-KORO-KE\u0300SIN-GBO\u0300NA-Maison-FOFIZ-A\u1e62EKEMET-683x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1160\" alt=\"Guerrier BLAK K\u00d4R\u00d2 &amp; K\u1eb8\u0300S\u00cdN-GB\u00d3\u0300N\u00c1 Maison FOFIZ \u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrier-BLAK-KORO-KE\u0300SIN-GBO\u0300NA-Maison-FOFIZ-A\u1e62EKEMET-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrier-BLAK-KORO-KE\u0300SIN-GBO\u0300NA-Maison-FOFIZ-A\u1e62EKEMET-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrier-BLAK-KORO-KE\u0300SIN-GBO\u0300NA-Maison-FOFIZ-A\u1e62EKEMET-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrier-BLAK-KORO-KE\u0300SIN-GBO\u0300NA-Maison-FOFIZ-A\u1e62EKEMET-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrier-BLAK-KORO-KE\u0300SIN-GBO\u0300NA-Maison-FOFIZ-A\u1e62EKEMET.png 832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ba475 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20ba475\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c532d9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c532d9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>KP\u00c0N FOFIZ and K\u1eb8\u0300S\u00cdN-GB\u00d3\u0300N\u00c1 Original digital creation \u2014 virtual scenario \u00a9Blakfofiz, 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8638d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b8638d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483fdf7 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"483fdf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/en\/oeuvres\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View the works<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET \u2014 La cosmologie de Maison FOFIZ Le Manifeste de Maison FOFIZ \u00c0\u1e62\u1eb8KEMET\u00a0n\u2019est pas une simple collection d\u2019\u0153uvres. C\u2019est une architecture de l\u2019esprit, une cosmologie visuelle n\u00e9e de la main de\u00a0BLAKFOFIZ\u00a0(Wilfried Vincent Ad\u00e9wal\u00e9). Enfant de la lign\u00e9e des\u00a0Ogoudjobi\u00a0et h\u00e9ritier du souffle cr\u00e9ateur de\u00a0Ferry Djimmy, l&rsquo;artiste d\u00e9ploie ici un syst\u00e8me vivant o\u00f9 l&rsquo;art devient un acte [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2294,"href":"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/2294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonfofiz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}