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I Am Also Here Performance On-Site

Introduction

Using the body as bait, exploring transgressive behavior. In the bluesy night, Kandi paints his whole body white, retaining the hollow blackness of the skeleton state, and holding the signage “I’m here too” in the state of wearing only an inch shirt. I’m Here Too” conveys the idea that ‘I’ exists in another form, only seemingly transgressing the boundaries. Our boundaries may be too clear and narrow; perhaps the body stretches out on the steps, expresses itself with the sign, sleeps on the steps, tastes the earth in the grass, dances on the stones… … This is a new interpretation of “crossing the border”.

In this state of silence, the audience’s applause is even slightly abrupt. When she approaches, people back away in fear; when she turns to explore, people are suddenly strict, and Kandi’s creation utilizes the imagination of social forms to push the action of exploring boundaries.

  • Artist

    Qondiswa James (Cape Town)

    Kwandiswa James is a cultural worker based in Cape Town, South Africa. She has appeared in film and theater productions and is an award-winning installation artist, playwright, writer and arts facilitator. She holds an MA in Live Art, Interdisciplinary and Public Art from the School of Creative Arts at the University of Cape Town. Her creations utilize socially shaped imagery to facilitate transgressive behavior. She has performed public art at Infected Cities and the Live Art Festival. Film credits include High Fantasy (Durbanville International Film Festival DIFF 2018 Best South African Film Award, Artistic Courage Award). Theatre works she has directed include A Faint Spot of Light (2019 Standard Bank Applause Award winner), and an original play, Howl of Makanda, performed at the National Virtual Arts Festival 2020. Most recently, she presented a reading of an original play, She’s Alone, as part of the Baxter Center for Theatre’s pilot program.

     

     

  • Time

    2024.10.07 18:00-20:00

  • Venue

    CPI

  • Co-organizers

    A4 Residency Art Center,CPI

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