Repatriation Rhythms, Cape Town W/Chandra Frank

REPATRIATION RHYTHMS (Cape Town, South Africa)
a collaborative performance curated by Chandra Frank

Curated by Chandra Frank, and presented in collaboration with the Iziko South African National Gallery, Repatriation Rhythms is a collaborative performance event in which queer intimacy, touch and the exchange of bodies of thought and text are explored in relation to sound, music and movement. 
 
Including a sonic landscape created by LA-based DJ Lynnée Denise and an improvised dance work by Zanele Siko-Radu, the performance will be accompanied by a projection of African diasporic dance, embodied by Black American dancers from the early 1900s to 2000s. Bringing these elements together, Repatriation Rhythms is inspired by the cultural exchange between Black South Africa and Black America, and the political implications of the relationship between the US and South African governments in upholding the social engineering that produced apartheid and its living legacies. Inserting a queer kinship model, and seeking to rewrite (or perform) voices and bodies missing from revisionist histories, the piece forwards a speculative archive rooted in the exchange of solidarity work.