Offering (2022—Present)Various LocationsArtist/Facilitator
Offering is a live series exploring rituals of grief in shared space through the framework of performance. It utilises sound, immersive/collected media, and archival materials within a public setting amidst a participatory audience. Each iteration is site-specific and facilitated for collective reflections on bereavement. Offering is the primary reasearch output for okcandice’s study on the sonic-somatics of grief and experimental sound in public/civic space. 


Offering V8 (2025)Medūza Gallery
Vilnius, Lithuania
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Offering V8 (2025)
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> Live Ritual

Commissioned by Rupert

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Dominyka Gurskaitė


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Offering V8 was commissioned as part of Articulations. A public programme developed by Rupert to wrap up a month-long artist in resdidence. This particular grounding explored Vilnius’ history of mass cemetaries through a collective ritual of public offerings for the dead. Attendees were given a set of prompts to respond to that could be shared with one of the four mics in the space. Ritual tools included flowers, dried fruits, and vocal offerings. 



Offering V7 (2023)NN Contemporary Art Gallery
Northampton, UK
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Offering V7 (2025)
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> Live Ritual

Commissioned by Diasporas Now

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Tara Florence


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Offering V7 was commissioned by Diasporas Now as part of theit first UK tour act. This particular grounding explored dub poetry and collective rituals from the West Indies as a site for public rituals. Ritual tools included dried fruits, juice, and vocal offerings.  



Offering V6 (2023)Gropius Bau
Berlin, Germany
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Offering V6 (2023)
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> Live Ritual

Commissioned by Gropius Bau / Pallavi Paul

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Laura Fiorio


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Offering V6 was commuissioned by Gropius Bau as part of the public programming for Pallavi Paul’s solo exhibition ‘How Love Moves.’


Offering V5 (2023)Haus am Waldsee
Berlin, Germany
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Offering V5 (2023)
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> Live Faciliations
> Live Ritual

Commissioned by Haus am Waldsee

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Patrick Burghenn

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Offering V5 was commissioned by Haus am Waldsee as part of Sommerfest. This particular grounding focussed on the legacy of water through Berlin’s swamp history, the Atlantic slave trade and the history of German-Jamaicans. Ritual offerings included flowers and dried fruits. 


Offering V4 (2023)La Casa Encendida
Madrid, Spain
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Offering V4 (2023)
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> Live Faciliations
> Live Ritual

Commissioned by Juf Projects

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La Casa Encendida


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Offering V4 was commissioed by Juf Projects as part of the public prgramme Prompt Corner. This particular offerring focussed on the ritual of Catholic mass and the veneration of West African deities within the Catholic church. The offering mirrored a mass and featured the sharing of bread, collective singing and dancing. 


Offering V3 (2023)Oyoun
Berlin, Germany
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Offering V3 (2023)
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> Live Faciliations
> Live Ritual

Commissioned by Poetry Meets Jazz / Jumoke Adeyanju

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Poetry Meets...


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Offering V3 was comissioned by Jumoke Adeyanju as part of Poetry Meets Jazz. This particular grounding was a live improvisiation with the PMJ house band and focussed on personal bereavement. This particular grounding was the first iteration of Offering with live accompaniment. 


Offering V2 (2022)St James’ Church Piccadilly 
London, UK
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Offering V2 (2022)
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> Live Faciliations
> Live Ritual

Commissioned by Jesse Darling

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St James’ Piccadilly Church


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Offering V2 was commissioned by Jesse Darling as part of their residency and exhibition programme Miserere. This particular grounding focussed on the church as a space for collective grief. 


Offering V1 (2022)Samuel Worth Chapel
Sheffield , UK
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Offering V1 (2022)
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> Live Faciliations
> Live Ritual

Commissioned by Otis Mensah

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Samuel Worth Chapel


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Offering V1 was commissioned by Otis Mensah as part of the programme Blue Fire. This particular grounding was dedicated to okcandice’s mother; a Sheffield native who was also laid to rest in the city. The offering was rooted in honouring the city’s Afro-Caribbean community and the artist’s personal connection to the area in which the chapel is located. 
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