“In the beginning there was Language, Chaos and A Wise-fool. Language, Chaos and A Wise-fool came together and decided to have a child and the child they had was named Pidgin. Pidgin was born in the deep red earth close to the earth’s core and from the moment it came into the earth and climbed …
Wang Tuo, Obsessions (Video Still), 2019 As we confronted the immense upheaval caused by the pandemic—challenges to our concept of borders, disruption of civic life, failure of leadership, devastation of our truly vulnerable communities, confrontation of our visible and invisible systems—we turned to our community of alumni with a simple request: what might be the …
(listening and viewing room: music from the Civil Rights Movement and The Anti-apartheid Struggle)Screening schedule below In this first iteration of Liona Nyariri’s project room, /hoo/ /no/ /no/ /go/ /no/, Nyariri will present a listening and film room with special focus on the music of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, as well as the …
2018 Residency: September through December Nyariri’s research based practice explores the ways in which language is created both visually and orally, with a specific focus on Pidgin languages that came from formally Anglophone colonized countries. She uses mythology to explore this theme with a strong engagement in oral story telling that forms the base of …
