gadzi guru
Meet the spirit of gadziguru in nora chipaumire’s norm-bending new performance Over three days, Zimbabwean artist nora chipaumire expands beyond her commission in a one-hour performance, the highlight of her 2026 Infinities Commission. Beginning amongst the poised rock sculptures she installed in Tate’s Tanks, this performance draws us into the museum’s Turbine Hall through sound and… Continue reading gadzi guru
FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE shebeenDUB—a remix—Zimstyle—soundsystem
During her second week in Paris, nora chipaumire invites audiences to a carte noire rendez-vous consisting of an evening of dub. She will be setting up a Zimbabwean shebeen, an unofficial bar tucked away in private homes, a place where people come together in order to invent forms of resistance and insurrection in response to the political… Continue reading FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE shebeenDUB—a...
FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE – carte noire
What bridges can be made between Harare, Dakar and Paris? What forms of dialogue and exchange can we imagine between these three cities, their history and present? A proposition made to her by the Festival d’Automne, nora chipaumire’s Carte Blanche —renamed as carte noire—has been drawn up as a form of response to these questions. Formerly… Continue reading FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE – carte noire
FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE – gadzi—a Paris chapter
Bringing to a close this Carte Blanche and the 2026 edition, nora chipaumire takes over the Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art and presents gadzi—a Paris chapter. This final piece of new work is a reflection of the extended length of time necessary for a work not only to be installed within a venue, but also to… Continue reading FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE – gadzi—a Paris chapter
FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE – #punk (hashtag punk)– a slight revision
#punk (hashtag punk)– a slight revision– BLK GRL punk–returning to pre-pandemic and upgrading to post-pandemic–rage on Part concert part performance, in which voice, gesture and sound collide, #punk draws upon nora chipaumire’s founding years in Zimbabwe, as a means of embodying, in the present, punk energy and rebellion. In the midst of the 1970’s, the movement took… Continue reading FESTIVAL...
FESTIVAL D’AUTOMNE – Les femmes Africaines (sisters, wives, mothers, artists)
Les femmes Africaines (sisters, wives, mothers, artists)— music from women’s hearts and hands With this musical performance, nora chipaumire revisits and develops, alongside five women belonging to the Lébou community from the village of Toubab Dialaw, in Senegal, the score from her piece NOT waiting…devised in 2023 with the choreographer Germaine Acogny. The will to honour… Continue reading FESTIVAL...