In this performance, nora chipaumire continues her investigation into portraiture and self-portraiture by focusing on the construction of identities in an Instagrammed world. She looks at the act of seeing / thinking/feeling / relating and communing through the lenses of ubiquitous devices (clothing, cameras and headphones). In doing so, chipaumire questions with irony and energy, the limits and extensibility of bodies today, and wonders: what makes Africans so singular?
About Nora Chipaumire
New York-based Zimbabwean, nora chipaumire has constantly both challenged and embraced the stereotypes of Africa, the black performing body, art, and aesthetic. She has an MA in Dance and an MFA in Choreography & Performance from Mills College and has studied dance in Africa, Cuba, Jamaica and the USA while performing internationally. chipaumire is a 2016 Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant recipient and a 2015 Doris Duke Artist.
