ShebeenDUB
ShebeenDUB is a performance by nora chipaumire with a group of dancers performing “within” the afternow sound system installation. It is usually combined with a Dubnight. Part gig, part dance performance, part social, ShebeenDUB celebrates the creative and law-defying possibilities of dub, a musical style that emerged in the late 60s and early 70s –… Continue reading ShebeenDUB
NEHANDA
protest, legal gathering, world making. 1890, Cecil John Rhodes, then Prime Minister of Cape Colonies, advanced the Union Jack past the Limpopo River, making way for further industrial development and encouraging colonialism and immigration. Three years later, these encounters resulted in conflicts with the Ndebele people residing in modern-day Zimbabwe. Again in 1896, led by… Continue reading NEHANDA
NOT waiting (Film)
Picasso Dance — “NOT waiting” Zimbabwean choreographer nora chipaumire and French-Senegalese dancer Germaine Acogny re-approach Picasso’s landmark Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by grounding it in African cultural and artistic contexts. Through minimal choreography set against the landscape near Dakar, the short film connects movement, earth, wind, and human breath, questioning how Picasso’s legacy can be...
NOT waiting…
Choreographers nora chipaumire and Germaine Acogny put forth an act of refusal, of intergenerational conversation and transmission, and of sorority and solidarity—a political statement and gesture that promotes ongoing practices found in Senegal and Zimbabwe. Drawing inspiration from the history of the Lébou community and the central place that women have in the traditional Ndeup… Continue reading NOT waiting…
gadzi
In this new work, nora chipaumire draws on the legends, stones and soil of her native country, Zimbabwe. The artist shares, ‘gadzi (shortened from gadziguru) is the oldest female being and a creative force tied to the legends of Shona people. She is connected to sacred places in our country: domboramwari, Great Zimbabwe, Matopos and… Continue reading gadzi
Nhaka
In an era when study, knowledge, and the role of the university as a place to gather are being questioned and queried, one could also ask: what about the artist as guest in these fundamental institutions? What is expected from them, what should their role be? How does the artist enhance the interrogations and make… Continue reading Nhaka
ICGP | #PUNK and Afropromo #1 King Lady | Films
nora chipaumire | #PUNK (2020) DOC version: 35 min & Afropromo 1 King Lady Film-Screenings & Artist Talk with Isabel Lewis (Vienna) With workshops, discussions, art, and research! Celebrate the opening of the international research center + the launch of the edited collection Facing Drag!
Dambudzo
Dambudzo is a bold, anti-genre collapse of sound, painting, sculpture, and performance. In Shona, dambudzo means “trouble,” and it is also the name of Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera, who, along with other radical African thinkers, inspires nora’s exploration of the relationship between knowledge and language shaped under colonial rule. A glorious celebration of radical African presences, Dambudzo shatters...