Panel Discussion: “THE FUTURE OF REVOLUTION”
Mellon Artist-in-Residence nora chipaumire in conversation with
Nontsikelelo Mutiti – Director of Graduate Studies in Graphic Design, Yale School of Art
Jay Pather – Choreographer, Curator, Director of Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre, Associate Professor in the Drama Department, University of Cape Town, SA
Erin Washington – Adjunct Professor -Theatre Arts, Columbia University School of the Arts
Dana Whabira – Founder of Njelele Art Station, Zimbabwe
What kind of ritual, art, or aesthetic is restorative after catastrophic violence? What collective efforts can be implemented to transform society? Looking at African Revolutions has brought hope and desire for change in many countries in Africa. The return of Africa to African people has been a great victory with great struggle towards adaptation. nora chipaumire led a conversation about the impact of revolution and its desire to reshape African futures. Through the lens of novelists such as Ruth First, Steve Biko, Dambudzo Marechera and NoViolet Bulawayo, chipaumire together with guests, will discuss how forms of knowledge, concrete and ephemeral have inspired change. Drawing influences and inspiration from African writers, chipaumire traces historical knowledge by examining evidence in movement, the sonic scape and language which have been undermined as sources for cultural production within a colonized landscape. Her approach offers alternative ways of knowledge production that resist co-option and allow reinvention and experimentation to introduce language that reflects imagined African futures. By engaging these African writers, chipaumire aims to reclaim the visionary spirit responsible for the liberation of Africa by mobilizing strategies that inspired social protest. Death of Revolution is a conversation about African futures in the age of modern technology and science.
Mellon Art Project Artist in Residence 2023-2024 Support provided by Mellon Arts Project at Columbia University / Mellon Foundation.
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