“Writing as it was, as it is, is how we exhume the bodies and give them names.” Images and sentences by Black, queer women artists pour out of speakers and projectors into the theater space as if from a hot-rodded search engine. In this multimedia stage adaptation of the poetry collection ‘Hullo, Bu-Bye, Koko, Come in’ by theater maker, poet and spoken-word artist Koleka Putuma, she turns herself into a projection surface and plays with names, memories and legacies of Black women who have been rendered invisible in the arts and in society. In a densely woven dialogue between past and present, Putuma also addresses her own experience as a Black artist in white institutions and questions the lines of sight between spectators and performers: When does visibility become appropriation? When is one absorbed instead of perceived?
Infos
Duration: approx. 60 Min.
Language: English
German premiere
Sponsors and Supporters
Text and Performance: Koleka Putuma
Projection Mapping and Visual Design: Inka Kendzia
Music, Composition and Sound Design: Mr Sakitumi
Dramaturgy: Jason Jacobs
Vocals: Odwa Bongo
Production Management: Dara Kometz
Company Manager: Robyn-Lee Pretorius
Production Company: Manyano Media
„Theater der Welt Frankfurt-Offenbach 2023“, ein Festival des Internationalen Theaterinstituts (ITI), wird veranstaltet von Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main, Schauspiel Frankfurt und Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, in Kooperation mit dem Amt für Kultur- und Sportmanagement der Stadt Offenbach am Main. Gefördert durch die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, das Hessische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, die Stadt Frankfurt am Main – Dezernat für Kultur und Wissenschaft und den Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain.