While she is in demand across the globe, suziAnalog is now in Kampala, Uganda, a city to which she has recently devoted a lot of time and energy.
, who heads up the Kampala-based brand SONCO, on a custom kimono, which is one of her signature garments. Sonko’s sustainable designs rework the traditional Ugandan fabric called barkcloth, which, she says, is “traditionally a ceremonial fabric that’s actually made from a certain tree bark [the inner bark of the Mutuba tree].” Older generations know about the textile—it’s made using a prehistoric technique that predates even the invention of weaving—but younger millennials don’t.
Sonko met Analogue during her last trip to Uganda, and they bonded after he invited her over for a studio visit. “I already had my festival looks made by, who creates all of my live outfits, but I thought it would be great to have something made here with the energy of this place,” Analogue shares. “We planned for a kimono, but one that told a story about Afro-futurism.” The two met up to gather textiles at the downtown market.
Analogue felt like she solidified her connection to Uganda on her recent trips. When she performed at the festival, she enlisted the help of a beatbox crew called Human Audio, which is made up of 15 of her former students. For their joint performance, she outfitted each of them in one-of-a-kind pieces from an upcycled clothingthat she made last year. “I left those pieces with them,” Analogue says.
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