UNCLE presents Congregations Paris ‘Marcher les murs’ taking place on the 26th of May that will see six performances from artists as we navigate a path around the north of the city. Following the success of Congregations Milan ‘Lingua Lunga’ UNCLE have since been keen to continue working with Ludovica Bulciolu and Brenna Horrox to facilitate another event. This one is based in Paris, exploring the various cultural patterns rooted in the city.
Before the event takes place, we have broken down the different artists that will be performing across the day to give context to any future attendees and shed light on the work the artists have done thus far, exploring their relevance to the themes of the event.
First, we have Éric Androa Mindre Kolo, a visual performance artist that often explores the links between the continent of Africa and Europe through a political lens that draws from historical context. Through this, he combines pillars of spirituality, autobiography and understanding and aims to use the body as a receiver and emotion transmitter.
Next is Marie-Julie Chalu, known for being a cultural creator with a plethora of projects to her name. Some of her passions include the investigation and exploration of music for projects including ‘Archives du R&B français’ and ‘Zouk Vintage’, facilitation of independent media for ‘NOIR CINEMA’ and examining utopias or (afro)diasporic cultures via ‘afropea’.
Puer Deorum is an interdisciplinary artist who uses radical imagination as the grounding factor of their pieces in the hopes of giving context to that which cannot be contextualised. Using abstract methods that are non-linear yet familiar in the hopes that those who engage can perceive this unknown. They often pulls from folk culture, psycho/socio political geographics and the mundane effects of the everyday.
Artist Lucie Camous approaches their work with a sensitivity embodied in intimacy, normality and boundaries in accordance with the delicate issues that surround them. This leads to work that is the intersection of artistic, theoretical and activist views that always culminates with experimentation.
Following this is Gribaudiplytas whose chosen mediums are very physical including welding, sculpture, sewing and installation. Their work has a foundation within landscape and how both the urban and the rural are impacted by the destructive nature of human greed and how that then impacts every day for living things.
Lastly, we have Dita Hashi who predominantly works with word and installation to pull through artistic expression surrounding culture often aided by the moving image as well. She has been tasked with writing a text “reflecting on the entanglement between gentrification, contemporary art, incarceration, language and occupation” for the event.
Attend the event on 26th May at 1pm and find our more at the Congregations Instagram for this and other upcoming projects.
