Every so often you will come across an artist that is so unfathomably genuine it awakens your subconscious to a world of endless possibilities. Kapawani Kiwanga, is one such artist.
You can view Kapwani Kiwanga’s latest project at La Ferme du Buisson, Paris until 9th October.
Posing as an anthropologist relating an Afrofutristic reality though videos, which intentionally confuse truth and fiction in order to unsettle hegemonic narratives. Kapwani, studied anthropology and comparative religions at McGill University and utilises her research to fashion systems and establish scientific protocols through installations, video, sound and performance. Viewers of her work are immersed in a hybrid alternate reality where anti-colonial struggle, belief systems and vernacular and popular culture dipped in Afrocentricity have shaped society as a whole. Artists such as Kapwani are rare in the fact that they have evolved as a product of modern culture and in their evolution birthed a new generation of artists, one whose power far surpasses adorning a billionaire’s manor.
AFROGALACTICA: A brief history of the future (teaser) from Kapwani Kiwanga on Vimeo.
