VivaVoce
Performance by Belinda Zhawi
This performance is scheduled as part of the program cycle Afriques Fantastiques - Fantastic Africa, in partnership with Triangle - Astérides.
Friday, July 9, 2021, 7PM
Atelier-Assemblée, red staircase, 2nd floor, Friche la Belle de Mai
VivaVoce is a sound-text performance exploring migration, home and ancestry. The performance uses poetry, field recordings, and music as media for exploring what these themes mean to the artist.
Belinda Zhawi is a Zimbabwean literary & sound artist. She is the author of Small Inheritances (ignitionpress, 2018) & South of South East (Bad Betty Press, 2019), co-founder of literary arts platform BORN::FREE & & experiments with sound/text performance as MA.MOYO. Her work has been broadcast & published on various platforms including The White Review, NTS Live, Boiler Room & BBC Radio 3, 4 & 6. Belinda hosts Juju Fission (RTM FM), a monthly radio broadcast. She lives & works in South East London.
Afriques Fantastiques - Fantastic Africa brings together 15 artists over three days at Friche la Belle de Mai, marking the conclusion of the headquarters of the Africa2020 Season, in partnership with Les Rencontres à l’échelle. The program cycle is curated by Julie Kretzschmar and Jay Pather.