Rue Café Cacao is the exact street this AirTagged jumper ended up in, the same road Moïse Donou lives on, and where he had put a location listing.
After a fairly unsuccessful phone call, emails between us got eachother on the same page.
This was the video I had requested from Moïse, so I could visualise the street. The conversation just never stopped and we are here over a year later, with a collection of jumpers detailing his life as i've come to know it, through videos just like this.
Togo Jumpers as of 19.06.26
The Rue Café Cacao - Elm Grove Jumper. Detailing what can be seen on our respective streets. The street the jumper was donated in, and the street it inhabited in Lomé, Togo.
The Land Cruiser Jumper. An ode to Moïse's dream car, stumbled into an insight of his work life and the constant resurgance of Toyota in our communications.
The I Had a Lil Bit Malaria Jumper. An suprisingly playful representation of a life threatening Illness.
The Hail Mary Jumper. Trying to ressucitate a mistake I had made, I clung to the cross. Moïse's strong faith and it's appearance in our dialogue organically formed the following religious motifs.
The Yas, Odi and Mummy Jumper. Presenting our three selected market vendors on the same level of importance as one of the biggest clothing brands ever.
The Western Togoland Jumper. A Shein jumper modified, aiming to project the exisitence of a less explicit, yet active colonialism, toxic colonialism.
The Friendship Jumper. A look into how our connection materialises through casual communication and a pen-pal-esque friendship.
The Menu Jumper. Moïse's compulsion to share his dinners, gave me enough variety to create a menu... a Jumper menu.
The Corruption Jumper. Best not to say too much.
The Pursuit of Labour Jumper. Moïse's hustle and graft.
The Adebayor Jumper. A football jumper deatiling the English based career of a Togolese legend. Literally the only thing I ever knew about Togo, apart from it's flag.