I AM is a recovering of our obliterated herstories as queer people of colour. A reclamation of our childhood memories of queer self-fashioning that some of us had to forcefully dismember, to survive and be palatable. I AM is a real-time happening and assertion of queer culture in and through my memories of being brought up as a Xhosa boy. I AM is my endeavour to remember with self, using childhood memories.
About Tandile Mbatsha
Tandile Mbatsha is a Queer and gender non-conforming performance artist, choreographic activist, educator, speaker, host, producer, model and scholar based in Cape Town, South Africa. They have performed at the PERFORMA17 Biennale in New York, in Zoe Modiga’s set at Afropunk, at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair and opened for 'FAKA' at the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival. They produced the film The Solo Ball for the National Arts Festival’s curated programme. They have also worked with artist Zanele Muholi.
