Linyekula presents un-ticketed sound and film installations in the South Tank and the Transformers in addition to the ticketed My Body, My Archive performance. He blends theatre, dance, film and music to build what he terms a 'circle' of connection between himself, his collaborators and the audience. Read interviews with all three artists in the exhibition booklet.Ĭentring on his experiences of social and political tensions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through their unique approaches, they raise some related questions about shared memory, visibility and the notion of tradition in relation to artistic forms and gestures.
The cyclical nature of time, inheritance and the dynamics of storytelling are common issues addressed in their respective works. Within distinct practices grown from dance, Faustin Linyekula, Okwui Okpokwasili and Tanya Lukin Linklater are concerned with how history is held in the body. In the current climate, his work, which explores themes of connection, community and fragility of the body, has added poignancy and resonance. Companions, dancers, actors and musicians accompany him in this journey, helping him to tell stories and reactivate collective and personal memories. In this autobiographical performance, Linyekula questions ancient knowledge stored in the body against the relatively short written history found in books.
It combines segments of his works Sur les traces de Dinozord 2006, Statue of Loss 2014, Banataba 2017 and Congo 2019. My Body, My Archive is a performance re-invented for the particular situation of this exhibition and its closure to the public.
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