Albert Ibokwe Khoza is an internationally acclaimed performance artist who continuously reveals and projects a state of mind of a loner individual who is a non-binary womanly man and a Sangoma (traditional healer).
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Through their sexuality and traditional practice, they express their thoughts by moving between different artistic mediums to outline social ills and what their divergent nature sees and interprets about the world they live in, critically questioning their surroundings, their leaders and life itself.
Previous shows include: ‘Black Circus’ Creative Director and performer, producers African Entertainers (2022 -2023); ‘Red Femicycle’Creative Director and performer (2019 – 2022); ‘And So You See’Solo Chor Ibokwe Albert Khoza and Chor Robyn Orlin (2016 -2022); ‘Pygmalion Opera’Lead Director Robyn Orlin (2018 -2019); ‘Take In Take Out’Solo Dir Albert Ibokwe Khoza (2017 -2018)
Liverpool Biennial 2023
The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu (2022)
Albert Ibokwe Khoza’s live offering ‘The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu’ (2022), presented here for the first time as an installation, exposes the violent and shameful legacy of ethnological expositions (such as human zoos and exhibitions), that were popular in Western society between the 1870s and 1960s. The work investigates the impact of the imperial and colonial gaze on Black bodies, how it sits within Black bodies today, and how it might be remedied. Through an examination of the ongoing pain of historical and continuing racism, the artist creates a space for collective healing and an opportunity for dignity to be reclaimed.
Showing at Tobacco Warehouse
Wednesday - Sunday 10am - 6pm
