Performance

Albert Khoza

Take in, Take Out

ICA Live Arts Festival 2017

Take in Take out (to live is to be sick to die is to live) has at its centre the ‘take in take out’ system – a traditional holistic practice of healing the body that makes use of indigenous plants. Not a performance so much as an offering of himself and the traditions of his ancestors, Khoza shares this healing practice in an exploration of death, disease and sickness.

About the Artist

Born and based in Johannesburg, Albert ‘Ibokwe’ Khoza is an actor, singer, dancer, choreographer and performance artist. Through his sexuality and traditional practice, he expresses his thoughts by moving between different artistic mediums to outline social ills and what he sees and interprets about the world in which he lives, critically questioning his surroundings, his leaders and life itself. Khoza believes that theatre, dance and art in general are weapons for change.