Games | Mourning A Living Man | Berlin
January 2013
"Mourning A Living Man" | Performance on incest and sexual abuse
Artist: Ato Malinda | Intervention: Nathalie Mba Bikoro | Talk: Ingrid Mwangi
Artistic Director: Bonaventure S.B. Ndikung
OPENING RECEPTION: 5th January 2013, 7 pm
EXHIBITION: 5th - 26th January 2013
Image: Red Dress courtesy of Ato Malinda
The incest taboo remains problematic from many angles, two of which are sex and race. This performance is an investigation into the Oedipus complex and the disregard for its implied barried in Father-Daughter child abuse on the African continent. However as incest is universal, the applications of the performance may also be applicable to child abuse in Europe.
Ato Malinda will be on a one-month long residency at Savvy developing works on African Sexualities using performance and video formats together with Nathalie Mba Bikoro.
A final performance presentation will be performed by both artists including a public talk with Ingrid Mangwi on the 26th of January 2013. The artists will discuss the generation of performances from intuition to their resultant conceptuality; the universality and problematic of symbols; audience perspectives; and subjective sexualities.
Savvy Contemporary Berlin | Germany
"Mourning A Living Man" | Performance on incest and sexual abuse
Artist: Ato Malinda | Intervention: Nathalie Mba Bikoro | Talk: Ingrid Mwangi
Artistic Director: Bonaventure S.B. Ndikung
OPENING RECEPTION: 5th January 2013, 7 pm
EXHIBITION: 5th - 26th January 2013
Image: Red Dress courtesy of Ato Malinda
The incest taboo remains problematic from many angles, two of which are sex and race. This performance is an investigation into the Oedipus complex and the disregard for its implied barried in Father-Daughter child abuse on the African continent. However as incest is universal, the applications of the performance may also be applicable to child abuse in Europe.
Ato Malinda will be on a one-month long residency at Savvy developing works on African Sexualities using performance and video formats together with Nathalie Mba Bikoro.
A final performance presentation will be performed by both artists including a public talk with Ingrid Mangwi on the 26th of January 2013. The artists will discuss the generation of performances from intuition to their resultant conceptuality; the universality and problematic of symbols; audience perspectives; and subjective sexualities.
Savvy Contemporary Berlin | Germany
Exhibiting Performance Research Conference at Westminster University | London
Exhibiting Performance Conference 1-3 March 2013
Westminster University London
The Body & Audiences Programme
curated by The Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM)
"Contested Chimeras between Tradition and Modernity: Debates on Decolonising the Body in Performance and the re-invention of the Self in African post-colonial narratives"
Westminster University London
The Body & Audiences Programme
curated by The Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM)
"Contested Chimeras between Tradition and Modernity: Debates on Decolonising the Body in Performance and the re-invention of the Self in African post-colonial narratives"
Africa en America Performance video screening | Ecuador
March 7th 2013
curated by Kasa Lakarakola
Kasa de Experimentación
y Konvivencia Artística
Ecuador
"Hide & Seek" with Iris Musolf
curated by Kasa Lakarakola
Kasa de Experimentación
y Konvivencia Artística
Ecuador
"Hide & Seek" with Iris Musolf
The Brick Moon | MPA Berlin
Month of Performance Art Berlin
2nd May 2013
"The Brick Moon"
a performance with Nathalie Mba Bikoro, Eru (Alexander Rues) & Seven of Eglise (Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith)
at MindPirates curated by Pauline Doutrelingue
Programme available here
Dagmar's synthesis of momentary investment of body and movement as object and the presupposed idea result into an action using the connection of paper, paint and the body, like a traveller accompanied by gravitational signs. Natalie and Seven of Eglise (Dagmar) occupy the space in the presence of frequencies of the Sideral Moon performed by Eru (Alexander) and reflecting the earth-star constellations of the past, which no longer exist.
The imagined reoccurrence is tattooed on Nathalie´s body as a referral and signs of her own past history of post-colonial familiar narratives and the return home by castrating identity towards a multiple cultural narrative about a place in the world and how we act in it. The body, the paper and the paint become extensions of the artists’ skin, which are surgically laid out and formed anew. Marks and words are imprinted, which may involve public participants in creating marks.
2nd May 2013
"The Brick Moon"
a performance with Nathalie Mba Bikoro, Eru (Alexander Rues) & Seven of Eglise (Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith)
at MindPirates curated by Pauline Doutrelingue
Programme available here
Dagmar's synthesis of momentary investment of body and movement as object and the presupposed idea result into an action using the connection of paper, paint and the body, like a traveller accompanied by gravitational signs. Natalie and Seven of Eglise (Dagmar) occupy the space in the presence of frequencies of the Sideral Moon performed by Eru (Alexander) and reflecting the earth-star constellations of the past, which no longer exist.
The imagined reoccurrence is tattooed on Nathalie´s body as a referral and signs of her own past history of post-colonial familiar narratives and the return home by castrating identity towards a multiple cultural narrative about a place in the world and how we act in it. The body, the paper and the paint become extensions of the artists’ skin, which are surgically laid out and formed anew. Marks and words are imprinted, which may involve public participants in creating marks.
Who Fell From The Sky & Other Series | Cutlog New York | USA
Cutlog Art Fair New York
Recycling Myth Making and Alterity
May 10-13th May
Curated by TURF
Curators: Mebrak Tareke and Thomas Amdemariam
'Recycling Myth-Making and Alterity', posits that 'Africana', as embodied by people, objects and symbols-rituals, is in constant flux. Using a range of medium such as, word-art, drawings, photography, photo-etchings and in-glazed ceramics, this curatorial project demonstrates how myths on gender, belonging, identity and memory are constantly being recycled and re-defined. These works go someway in forging new cultural identities that are teetering on alterity, demystifying linear notions of time and space. This curatorial project hopes to create a 'third space'---neither here nor there--where people can engage in a more inclusive and critical visual dialogue on this subject. Hence, this passageway, in which you find yourself.
Recycling Myth Making and Alterity
May 10-13th May
Curated by TURF
Curators: Mebrak Tareke and Thomas Amdemariam
'Recycling Myth-Making and Alterity', posits that 'Africana', as embodied by people, objects and symbols-rituals, is in constant flux. Using a range of medium such as, word-art, drawings, photography, photo-etchings and in-glazed ceramics, this curatorial project demonstrates how myths on gender, belonging, identity and memory are constantly being recycled and re-defined. These works go someway in forging new cultural identities that are teetering on alterity, demystifying linear notions of time and space. This curatorial project hopes to create a 'third space'---neither here nor there--where people can engage in a more inclusive and critical visual dialogue on this subject. Hence, this passageway, in which you find yourself.
Things Fall Apart | How Many Stones Can Free (34 & Counting) | Live Action Göteborg | Sweden
Live Action International Performance Live Festival
Göteborg | Sweden
8th edition of LIVE ACTION
5-9th June 2013
Things Fall Apart or How Many Stones Can Free (34 & Counting)
curated by Jonas Stampe & Joakim Stampe
Artists: YingMei Duan; Gustavo Alvarez; Nigel Rolfe; Anna Kalwajtyjs; Agnes M K Yit; Tomasz Szrama; Nathalie Mba Bikoro
Göteborg | Sweden
8th edition of LIVE ACTION
5-9th June 2013
Things Fall Apart or How Many Stones Can Free (34 & Counting)
curated by Jonas Stampe & Joakim Stampe
Artists: YingMei Duan; Gustavo Alvarez; Nigel Rolfe; Anna Kalwajtyjs; Agnes M K Yit; Tomasz Szrama; Nathalie Mba Bikoro
We Have Landed | CreatURe Live Art | Lithuania
CreatURe Live Art Performance Festival
Lithuania
13-16th of June 2013
Lithuania
13-16th of June 2013
Fondation Blachere | France
May 2013
Fondation Blachere
Artist Residency
Solo Exhibition from 24th of May to 30th of June 2013
Apt | Aix-En-Provence | France
Fondation Blachere
Artist Residency
Solo Exhibition from 24th of May to 30th of June 2013
Apt | Aix-En-Provence | France
An Opera in Textiles | Re-ORIENTation | The Mediterranean Biennale in Sakhnin
May 13th - July 13th 2013
Re-OTIENTation
The Second Mediterranean Biennale | Sakhnin | Israel
May 13th Opening
will constitute the continuation of the First Mediterranean Biennale which was held in 2010 in the city of Haifa
curated by Belu-Simion Fainaru and Avital Bar-Shay
Artists include Marina Abramovic, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat and Jannis Koulennis
Re-OTIENTation
The Second Mediterranean Biennale | Sakhnin | Israel
May 13th Opening
will constitute the continuation of the First Mediterranean Biennale which was held in 2010 in the city of Haifa
curated by Belu-Simion Fainaru and Avital Bar-Shay
Artists include Marina Abramovic, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat and Jannis Koulennis
Meeting UFO's | Nicosia | Cyprus
Meeting UFO' s | Light & Shadow of Unknown Foreign Objects in New Performance & Film
Nicosia | Cyprus
Screenings of International performance films from Africa, Latin America & neighbour continents
Curated by Nathalie Mba Bikoro
Assistants: Max De Barletta & Diony Klokkari
Venues: Small World Gallery & Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre Pierides Foundation 2013
Nicosia | Cyprus
Screenings of International performance films from Africa, Latin America & neighbour continents
Curated by Nathalie Mba Bikoro
Assistants: Max De Barletta & Diony Klokkari
Venues: Small World Gallery & Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre Pierides Foundation 2013
Contrasting Bodies/Ways of Seeing | Pitts Rivers Museum | Oxford | UK
Youth Workshop 31st of July & 1st of August 2013
This day will involve working with contemporary international performance artist Nathalie Mba Bikoro and being inspired by objects in the Pitt Rivers Museum. Nathalie will be teaching participants to use their own bodies, through performance, drawing and film, to explore notions of ritual, identity, metamorphosis, myth-making and how interaction through the human body is used across cultures.
This day will involve working with contemporary international performance artist Nathalie Mba Bikoro and being inspired by objects in the Pitt Rivers Museum. Nathalie will be teaching participants to use their own bodies, through performance, drawing and film, to explore notions of ritual, identity, metamorphosis, myth-making and how interaction through the human body is used across cultures.
African Arts Festival | Covent Garden London | UK
3-18th of August 2013
curated Yinka Shonibare MBE
African Centre,
Covent Garden, London
Artist talk & live performance on Sunday 4th of August
exclusive new live performance
"Between White Lines: a Tale of Modern Slavery"
curated Yinka Shonibare MBE
African Centre,
Covent Garden, London
Artist talk & live performance on Sunday 4th of August
exclusive new live performance
"Between White Lines: a Tale of Modern Slavery"
INCORPORA Encontros virtuais em performance Artistas Convidados Brasil
INCORPORA
Encontros virtuais em performance Artistas Convidados
23 of August
curated by Collective OSSO
Salvador Bahia Brasil
exclusive new live performance
"Goodbye Nation"
Encontros virtuais em performance Artistas Convidados
23 of August
curated by Collective OSSO
Salvador Bahia Brasil
exclusive new live performance
"Goodbye Nation"
UPROOTED Fake Nations | Helsinki
UPROOTED - Fake Nations
Performance Festival & Artist Residency
5 - 7 September 2013
Helsinki, Finland
curated by Willem Wilhelmus, Egle Oddo, Tomasz Szrama
in collaboration with New Art Contact and HIAP - Helsinki International Artist Programme. It is supported by the Arts Promotion Centre of Finland and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
Performance Festival & Artist Residency
5 - 7 September 2013
Helsinki, Finland
curated by Willem Wilhelmus, Egle Oddo, Tomasz Szrama
in collaboration with New Art Contact and HIAP - Helsinki International Artist Programme. It is supported by the Arts Promotion Centre of Finland and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
African Public Art: Trends and Methods in Engaging the African Public | USA
African Public Art: Trends and Methods in Engaging the African Public
8th of September
Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MoCADA)
African & Afro-Diasporan Art Talks (AADAT)
Google+ live discussion
Arte Accion | Sala Veinte Galeria | Mexico
Sala Veinte 22 Galeria
16-20 September
Mexico
curated by Lala Nomada | workshop | performance | screenings
film performance screening of Passage Deves
16-20 September
Mexico
curated by Lala Nomada | workshop | performance | screenings
film performance screening of Passage Deves
In Your Skies Under My Magnificent Teaspoon (I Always Knew You Could Fly) | in memory of Zsi Gyetvai & Joe Bampton | Asylum Gallery | London
In memory of Zsi Chimera & Joe Bampton
11-13th October 2013
Asylum Gallery | London
Curated by Nathalie Mba Bikoro
11-13th October 2013
Asylum Gallery | London
Curated by Nathalie Mba Bikoro
African Auction | Ed Cross & Auction Room | London
The African Art Auction: Contemporary and Modern Art from Africa and its Diaspora
The Music Room | 26 South Molton Lane | Mayfair | London | W1K 5LF
Specialist: Ed Cross
Private View: 17th October, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Public Exhibition of all works in the auction: 18th October, 10am - 3pm
Bid for the work "Family Tree" here (SOLD OUT)
The Music Room | 26 South Molton Lane | Mayfair | London | W1K 5LF
Specialist: Ed Cross
Private View: 17th October, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Public Exhibition of all works in the auction: 18th October, 10am - 3pm
Bid for the work "Family Tree" here (SOLD OUT)
We Have Landed | Dimanche Rouge | Helsinki
Oksasenkatu11 Huuto Gallery
Helsinki, Finland
19th October 2013
performance by Nathalie Mba Bikoro
& Baaba Chakeh Das
curated by Dimanche Rouge
Helsinki, Finland
19th October 2013
performance by Nathalie Mba Bikoro
& Baaba Chakeh Das
curated by Dimanche Rouge
La Otra Biennial | International Biennial of Contemporary Art | Bogota | Columbia
La Otra Biennial | International Biennial of Contemporary Art | Bogota | Columbia
Centre for the Aesthetic Revolution
1. Public Space: In/visible borders
2. Historical Progression: Memory and the contemporary state of the urban fabric
3. Radical Ecology: City, sustainability, and food sovereignty
Workshops, performances and exhibitions
15 September - 22 November 2013
view website here
curated by Gabriela Salgado
Centre for the Aesthetic Revolution
1. Public Space: In/visible borders
2. Historical Progression: Memory and the contemporary state of the urban fabric
3. Radical Ecology: City, sustainability, and food sovereignty
Workshops, performances and exhibitions
15 September - 22 November 2013
view website here
curated by Gabriela Salgado
Mnemonic | AFIRIperFORMA Biennial | Zimbabwe
Contemporary performance | Live Art Festival in Africa
November 2013
Harare | Bulawayo | Zimbabwe
Before Performance
curated by Bryony White
]performance space[ London
November 2013
curated by Bryony White
]performance space[ London
November 2013
Artist Talk: Face to Face via
On Performance, Cultures & the Female Body
University of African Art
Austin USA
coordinated by Moyo Okediji
On Performance, Cultures & the Female Body
University of African Art
Austin USA
coordinated by Moyo Okediji
ECFA Show
December 10-14th 2013
curated by Ed Cross
110-118 Stewart's Road
SW8 4UG London
Featuring: Nathalie Mba Bikoro; Mario Mariclau; Cyrus Kabiru, Kimathi Donkor; Sokari Douglas; Virginia Ryan
December 10-14th 2013
curated by Ed Cross
110-118 Stewart's Road
SW8 4UG London
Featuring: Nathalie Mba Bikoro; Mario Mariclau; Cyrus Kabiru, Kimathi Donkor; Sokari Douglas; Virginia Ryan