nora chipaumire
Dambudzo
In a sculpture-sound installation animated by live performance, nora chipaumire creates a house full of radical, participatory possibilities for decolonisation. “Dambudzo”, which means ‘trouble’ in Shona, revives the ideas of radical African thinkers and connects them with chipaumire's own thoughts and experiences, with current political realities and resistance to (neo-)colonial control.
The artist explores the revolutionary potential of performance and confronts colonial legacies by featuring a Zimbabwean ‘shabini’, an informal bar set up in private homes, where people come together to imagine possibilities of resistance and insurrection against political powers.
Through bodily expression, chipaumire explores a language that goes beyond words, seeking to transcend the limits imposed by language. She uses movement as a personal and universal means of communication, enabling a more subtle and intuitive understanding.
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