Invocation: Release Jim Chuchu b. 1982, Kenya 2015 Single-channel projection videos shown in succession (6 min. 5 sec.) Museum purchases, 2017-1-2 The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art is the first institution to acquire the deeply personal and visually mesmerizing video projections Invocation: The Severance of Ties (2015) and Invocation: Release (2015) by versatile multimedia artist Jim Chuchu.