Northwestern Events Calendar

Mar
2
2015

Bodies Out of Bounds: Performance and Migration in Contemporary South Africa

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When: Monday, March 2, 2015
All day  

Where: 620 Library Place, Seminar Room, 620 Library Place , Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Cost: Free

Contact: Program of African Studies   (847) 491-7323

Group: Program of African Studies

Category: Fine Arts

Description:

This installation engages theatre, images, and dance as a provocation to reconsider contemporary migration into and out of South Africa. We draw upon the work of artists who look at migrant bodies as a way of commenting on how "African" identity is constructed in and through transnational movement. Together, these works complicate existing understandings of the connections between identity and geopolitical boundaries in relation to the African continent. We will be considering the works of South African based performances by Athi-Patra Rooga, Magnet Theatre, Nelisiwe Xaba, Andrew Brown, and Jonathan Nkala.

Athi-Patra Rooga’s performances, videos, costumes and photographic images create a world where cultural identity is no longer determined by geographical origins, ancestry or biological disposition, but is increasingly becoming a hybrid construct. The Future White Woman of Azania is an ongoing series of performances first conceived in 2010 and evolving to engage new definitions of nationhood in relation to the autonomous body..

Magnet Theatre’s Every Day, Every Year I Am Walking, traces the story of a young girl who loses family and home brutally and irrevocably and is forced to travel to a new place through many dangers and uncertainties. It was created in 2008 in response to the crisis facing refugees in South Africa, exploring the theme of migrancy as a quintessential image of our time.

In Sakhozi Says “NON” To The Venus, Nelisiwe Xaba melts together her own biography on the one hand and Sarah Baartman’s on the other, thus giving birth to an ironic and politically engaged dance solo. It is about a woman and her trip to Europe, where she is allowed to stay only if she becomes a museum artefact for a while. This performance doesn’t merely address the issue of exotic voyeurism, but also points out the increase with regard to present day xenophobia in France, made evident in President Sarkozy’s idea to offer Africans financial compensation in return for their departure from France.


Home/Affair is developed from ten months of collecting oral histories with LGBT refugees from across the African continent who have come to South Africa in search of a “safe haven.” The performance stages and interprets the journeys we take to belong: the bureaucratic hurdles, and the double negation of homophobia and xenophobia that come to shape the everyday realities of their new life. This solo performance was devised by Andrew Brown and Mbongeni Mtshali.

Based on a true story, The Crossing details the journey of Jonathan Khumbulani Nkala who made the journey from Zimbabwe to South Africa more than a geographical crossing from one place to another. It is a crossing of barriers, boundaries and borders to achieve the life he envisions for himself and his family. It is a story of innocence, loss, and the pain and joy of making a home amongst foreigners. His work explores the everyday 'ordinariness' of xenophobia through performance, contributing additional insights not readily available in public discourse.

The exhibition is curated by Andrew Brown, Nikki Yeboah, and Mbongeni Mtshali, PhD candidates in the Department of Performance Studies. It will be a weeklong event staged between March 2-6th, 2015 at 620 Library Place. There will be a reception on Monday March, 2nd featuring a staged reading of sections of Home/Affair. 

Mar
3
2015

Bodies Out of Bounds: Performance and Migration in Contemporary South Africa

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When: Tuesday, March 3, 2015
All day  

Where: 620 Library Place, Seminar Room, 620 Library Place , Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Cost: Free

Contact: Program of African Studies   (847) 491-7323

Group: Program of African Studies

Category: Fine Arts

Description:

This installation engages theatre, images, and dance as a provocation to reconsider contemporary migration into and out of South Africa. We draw upon the work of artists who look at migrant bodies as a way of commenting on how "African" identity is constructed in and through transnational movement. Together, these works complicate existing understandings of the connections between identity and geopolitical boundaries in relation to the African continent. We will be considering the works of South African based performances by Athi-Patra Rooga, Magnet Theatre, Nelisiwe Xaba, Andrew Brown, and Jonathan Nkala.

Athi-Patra Rooga’s performances, videos, costumes and photographic images create a world where cultural identity is no longer determined by geographical origins, ancestry or biological disposition, but is increasingly becoming a hybrid construct. The Future White Woman of Azania is an ongoing series of performances first conceived in 2010 and evolving to engage new definitions of nationhood in relation to the autonomous body..

Magnet Theatre’s Every Day, Every Year I Am Walking, traces the story of a young girl who loses family and home brutally and irrevocably and is forced to travel to a new place through many dangers and uncertainties. It was created in 2008 in response to the crisis facing refugees in South Africa, exploring the theme of migrancy as a quintessential image of our time.

In Sakhozi Says “NON” To The Venus, Nelisiwe Xaba melts together her own biography on the one hand and Sarah Baartman’s on the other, thus giving birth to an ironic and politically engaged dance solo. It is about a woman and her trip to Europe, where she is allowed to stay only if she becomes a museum artefact for a while. This performance doesn’t merely address the issue of exotic voyeurism, but also points out the increase with regard to present day xenophobia in France, made evident in President Sarkozy’s idea to offer Africans financial compensation in return for their departure from France.


Home/Affair is developed from ten months of collecting oral histories with LGBT refugees from across the African continent who have come to South Africa in search of a “safe haven.” The performance stages and interprets the journeys we take to belong: the bureaucratic hurdles, and the double negation of homophobia and xenophobia that come to shape the everyday realities of their new life. This solo performance was devised by Andrew Brown and Mbongeni Mtshali.

Based on a true story, The Crossing details the journey of Jonathan Khumbulani Nkala who made the journey from Zimbabwe to South Africa more than a geographical crossing from one place to another. It is a crossing of barriers, boundaries and borders to achieve the life he envisions for himself and his family. It is a story of innocence, loss, and the pain and joy of making a home amongst foreigners. His work explores the everyday 'ordinariness' of xenophobia through performance, contributing additional insights not readily available in public discourse.

The exhibition is curated by Andrew Brown, Nikki Yeboah, and Mbongeni Mtshali, PhD candidates in the Department of Performance Studies. It will be a weeklong event staged between March 2-6th, 2015 at 620 Library Place. There will be a reception on Monday March, 2nd featuring a staged reading of sections of Home/Affair. 

Mar
4
2015

Bodies Out of Bounds: Performance and Migration in Contemporary South Africa

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When: Wednesday, March 4, 2015
All day  

Where: 620 Library Place, Seminar Room, 620 Library Place , Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Cost: Free

Contact: Program of African Studies   (847) 491-7323

Group: Program of African Studies

Category: Fine Arts

Description:

This installation engages theatre, images, and dance as a provocation to reconsider contemporary migration into and out of South Africa. We draw upon the work of artists who look at migrant bodies as a way of commenting on how "African" identity is constructed in and through transnational movement. Together, these works complicate existing understandings of the connections between identity and geopolitical boundaries in relation to the African continent. We will be considering the works of South African based performances by Athi-Patra Rooga, Magnet Theatre, Nelisiwe Xaba, Andrew Brown, and Jonathan Nkala.

Athi-Patra Rooga’s performances, videos, costumes and photographic images create a world where cultural identity is no longer determined by geographical origins, ancestry or biological disposition, but is increasingly becoming a hybrid construct. The Future White Woman of Azania is an ongoing series of performances first conceived in 2010 and evolving to engage new definitions of nationhood in relation to the autonomous body..

Magnet Theatre’s Every Day, Every Year I Am Walking, traces the story of a young girl who loses family and home brutally and irrevocably and is forced to travel to a new place through many dangers and uncertainties. It was created in 2008 in response to the crisis facing refugees in South Africa, exploring the theme of migrancy as a quintessential image of our time.

In Sakhozi Says “NON” To The Venus, Nelisiwe Xaba melts together her own biography on the one hand and Sarah Baartman’s on the other, thus giving birth to an ironic and politically engaged dance solo. It is about a woman and her trip to Europe, where she is allowed to stay only if she becomes a museum artefact for a while. This performance doesn’t merely address the issue of exotic voyeurism, but also points out the increase with regard to present day xenophobia in France, made evident in President Sarkozy’s idea to offer Africans financial compensation in return for their departure from France.


Home/Affair is developed from ten months of collecting oral histories with LGBT refugees from across the African continent who have come to South Africa in search of a “safe haven.” The performance stages and interprets the journeys we take to belong: the bureaucratic hurdles, and the double negation of homophobia and xenophobia that come to shape the everyday realities of their new life. This solo performance was devised by Andrew Brown and Mbongeni Mtshali.

Based on a true story, The Crossing details the journey of Jonathan Khumbulani Nkala who made the journey from Zimbabwe to South Africa more than a geographical crossing from one place to another. It is a crossing of barriers, boundaries and borders to achieve the life he envisions for himself and his family. It is a story of innocence, loss, and the pain and joy of making a home amongst foreigners. His work explores the everyday 'ordinariness' of xenophobia through performance, contributing additional insights not readily available in public discourse.

The exhibition is curated by Andrew Brown, Nikki Yeboah, and Mbongeni Mtshali, PhD candidates in the Department of Performance Studies. It will be a weeklong event staged between March 2-6th, 2015 at 620 Library Place. There will be a reception on Monday March, 2nd featuring a staged reading of sections of Home/Affair. 

Mar
5
2015

Bodies Out of Bounds: Performance and Migration in Contemporary South Africa

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When: Thursday, March 5, 2015
All day  

Where: 620 Library Place, Seminar Room, 620 Library Place , Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Cost: Free

Contact: Program of African Studies   (847) 491-7323

Group: Program of African Studies

Category: Fine Arts

Description:

This installation engages theatre, images, and dance as a provocation to reconsider contemporary migration into and out of South Africa. We draw upon the work of artists who look at migrant bodies as a way of commenting on how "African" identity is constructed in and through transnational movement. Together, these works complicate existing understandings of the connections between identity and geopolitical boundaries in relation to the African continent. We will be considering the works of South African based performances by Athi-Patra Rooga, Magnet Theatre, Nelisiwe Xaba, Andrew Brown, and Jonathan Nkala.

Athi-Patra Rooga’s performances, videos, costumes and photographic images create a world where cultural identity is no longer determined by geographical origins, ancestry or biological disposition, but is increasingly becoming a hybrid construct. The Future White Woman of Azania is an ongoing series of performances first conceived in 2010 and evolving to engage new definitions of nationhood in relation to the autonomous body..

Magnet Theatre’s Every Day, Every Year I Am Walking, traces the story of a young girl who loses family and home brutally and irrevocably and is forced to travel to a new place through many dangers and uncertainties. It was created in 2008 in response to the crisis facing refugees in South Africa, exploring the theme of migrancy as a quintessential image of our time.

In Sakhozi Says “NON” To The Venus, Nelisiwe Xaba melts together her own biography on the one hand and Sarah Baartman’s on the other, thus giving birth to an ironic and politically engaged dance solo. It is about a woman and her trip to Europe, where she is allowed to stay only if she becomes a museum artefact for a while. This performance doesn’t merely address the issue of exotic voyeurism, but also points out the increase with regard to present day xenophobia in France, made evident in President Sarkozy’s idea to offer Africans financial compensation in return for their departure from France.


Home/Affair is developed from ten months of collecting oral histories with LGBT refugees from across the African continent who have come to South Africa in search of a “safe haven.” The performance stages and interprets the journeys we take to belong: the bureaucratic hurdles, and the double negation of homophobia and xenophobia that come to shape the everyday realities of their new life. This solo performance was devised by Andrew Brown and Mbongeni Mtshali.

Based on a true story, The Crossing details the journey of Jonathan Khumbulani Nkala who made the journey from Zimbabwe to South Africa more than a geographical crossing from one place to another. It is a crossing of barriers, boundaries and borders to achieve the life he envisions for himself and his family. It is a story of innocence, loss, and the pain and joy of making a home amongst foreigners. His work explores the everyday 'ordinariness' of xenophobia through performance, contributing additional insights not readily available in public discourse.

The exhibition is curated by Andrew Brown, Nikki Yeboah, and Mbongeni Mtshali, PhD candidates in the Department of Performance Studies. It will be a weeklong event staged between March 2-6th, 2015 at 620 Library Place. There will be a reception on Monday March, 2nd featuring a staged reading of sections of Home/Affair. 

Mar
6
2015

Bodies Out of Bounds: Performance and Migration in Contemporary South Africa

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When: Friday, March 6, 2015
All day  

Where: 620 Library Place, Seminar Room, 620 Library Place , Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Cost: Free

Contact: Program of African Studies   (847) 491-7323

Group: Program of African Studies

Category: Fine Arts

Description:

This installation engages theatre, images, and dance as a provocation to reconsider contemporary migration into and out of South Africa. We draw upon the work of artists who look at migrant bodies as a way of commenting on how "African" identity is constructed in and through transnational movement. Together, these works complicate existing understandings of the connections between identity and geopolitical boundaries in relation to the African continent. We will be considering the works of South African based performances by Athi-Patra Rooga, Magnet Theatre, Nelisiwe Xaba, Andrew Brown, and Jonathan Nkala.

Athi-Patra Rooga’s performances, videos, costumes and photographic images create a world where cultural identity is no longer determined by geographical origins, ancestry or biological disposition, but is increasingly becoming a hybrid construct. The Future White Woman of Azania is an ongoing series of performances first conceived in 2010 and evolving to engage new definitions of nationhood in relation to the autonomous body..

Magnet Theatre’s Every Day, Every Year I Am Walking, traces the story of a young girl who loses family and home brutally and irrevocably and is forced to travel to a new place through many dangers and uncertainties. It was created in 2008 in response to the crisis facing refugees in South Africa, exploring the theme of migrancy as a quintessential image of our time.

In Sakhozi Says “NON” To The Venus, Nelisiwe Xaba melts together her own biography on the one hand and Sarah Baartman’s on the other, thus giving birth to an ironic and politically engaged dance solo. It is about a woman and her trip to Europe, where she is allowed to stay only if she becomes a museum artefact for a while. This performance doesn’t merely address the issue of exotic voyeurism, but also points out the increase with regard to present day xenophobia in France, made evident in President Sarkozy’s idea to offer Africans financial compensation in return for their departure from France.


Home/Affair is developed from ten months of collecting oral histories with LGBT refugees from across the African continent who have come to South Africa in search of a “safe haven.” The performance stages and interprets the journeys we take to belong: the bureaucratic hurdles, and the double negation of homophobia and xenophobia that come to shape the everyday realities of their new life. This solo performance was devised by Andrew Brown and Mbongeni Mtshali.

Based on a true story, The Crossing details the journey of Jonathan Khumbulani Nkala who made the journey from Zimbabwe to South Africa more than a geographical crossing from one place to another. It is a crossing of barriers, boundaries and borders to achieve the life he envisions for himself and his family. It is a story of innocence, loss, and the pain and joy of making a home amongst foreigners. His work explores the everyday 'ordinariness' of xenophobia through performance, contributing additional insights not readily available in public discourse.

The exhibition is curated by Andrew Brown, Nikki Yeboah, and Mbongeni Mtshali, PhD candidates in the Department of Performance Studies. It will be a weeklong event staged between March 2-6th, 2015 at 620 Library Place. There will be a reception on Monday March, 2nd featuring a staged reading of sections of Home/Affair.