Aikido - The Mothership Connection
Zak Ove
Location
2:00 1500', Open Playa
2:00 1500', Open Playa · open full map →
Directions
1.16 mi · 25 min walk · 9 min bike
From
6:00 & H
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- 1Take 6:00 toward the Man to Esplanade · 0.49 mi
- 2Head across the open playa to Aikido - The Mothership Connection, with the Man on your left (bearing 67°) · 0.66 mi
- ●Arrive: Aikido - The Mothership Connection · 2:00, open playa
1.14 mi as the crow flies. Radials every :15, walking ~2.8 mph, biking ~7.5 mph. Open the live compass map →
About
Mothership Connection reinterprets old-world artisan traditions, weaving Pacific Northwest totem craft with architectural references to sites built by enslaved and indentured labor, honoring their role in a shared, multi-racial history. The rocket-like form evokes an Afrofuturist vessel informed by Dogon cosmology. Its base recalls the Djenné mud mosque of Mali, rising into a shaft adorned with luminous masks and etched Veve symbols from the Haitian diaspora. Higher sections shift to Masonic columns and triangles, encircled by Cadillac lights referencing Western consumerism, then arches inspired by Washington's Capitol. The crown is a monumental illuminated Mende female mask, pulsing like a radiant beacon toward the future.
- From
- London, UK & Canary Islands, Spain
- Category
- Open Playa
- Program
- Honorarium