30 minute performance, metallic body paint, survival blankets, clay, oil

I’m not my…my injuries are healed now but I still don’t remember things (Fledgling, Octavia.E.Butler, 2005), brings together a polyphony of voices, and fragmented narratives channeled through pedals and mics. Sibungu leaves a trace of the characters she embodies behind and under foot — sunken into survival blankets draped over clay. The performance takes inspiration from the opening scenes in Octavia.E.Butlers (2005), vampire novel; Fledgling, Libita explores a spirit coming into a body and the poetics of survival that emerge. 

First presented at the Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, with CCA for the group exhibition; 4717, the performance was commissioned along with 3 other artists who were invited to respond to a work from the LUX collection. 4717 was broadcast via a video live-stream, the link remaining link was acquired by LUX as their 4717th work, making it the first live moving image work in their collection.

Live soundscape: by Chris Boyd
Image credit: Ollie Harrop, Cabaret Voltaire

Access the press release here.