Deferred Restitution: Blackness, Disability, and the Law of Return - Chinedum Muotto
Chinedum Muotto ( Ireland, Nigeria )
At ZK/U, Chinedum Muotto will undertake “Deferred Restitution: Blackness, Disability, and the Law of Return,” a mixed-media inquiry that weaponizes disability jurisprudence to demand reparations for colonial harm. The project reframes Blackness as a strategic “juridical disability,” activating existing legal frameworks to expose Europe’s unpaid historical debt. Muotto will fuse AI-generated courtroom cinema, Yoruba ritual performance, and augmented-reality legal texts to construct an immersive “Speculative Tribunal” where visitors serve as jurors, witnesses, and claimants. By interlacing ancestral storytelling with cutting-edge technology, Muotto transforms ZK/U into a living court of public conscience—proving that restitution is not charity but overdue justice, and that art can hack the law toward emancipatory futures.
