Sènsa

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Paul Maheke, Nkisi & Ariel Efraim Ashbel, Sènsa, 2019. Performance part of Meetings on Art, La Biennale di Venezia - Biennale Arte 2019, November 2019. Photo Jacopo Salvi. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia. LR - 1


Sènsa, 2019
performance 45 min.

Concept: Paul Maheke and Melika Ngombe Kolongo (Nkisi)
Music: Melika Ngombe Kolongo (Nkisi)
Lights: Ariel Efraim Ashbel
Choreography: Paul Maheke

Sènsa is co-commissioned and co-presented by Abrons Arts Center, Red Bull Arts New York and Performa 19 Biennial.

Performed at:
Hoxton Hall, London 30-31 May 2019, 5th Block Universe Festival
Triangle France, Marseille 30 Aug. 2019 in the context Paul Maheke’s solo exhibition OOLOI
Völksbuhne – Grüner Salon, Berlin 25 Sept. 2019
Performa 19 x Abrons Arts Center, New York 7, 8 & 9 Nov. 2019
Meetings on Art, 58th Venice Biennale, Teatro Piccolo, Arsenale 22 & 23 Nov. 2019
Museum Ludwig, Cologne 29 Nov. 2019

Pictures:
Frank Sperling, Völksbuhne / Grüner Salon (Berlin)
Manuela Barczewski at Hoxton Hall, Block Universe (London)
Paula Court, Performa 19 x Abrons Arts Center (New York)

Supported by Arts Council England, FUSED (French U.S. Exchange in Dance), and the Flemish Minister for Culture. This project has been selected and supported by the patronage committee for the arts of Fondation des Artistes. With additional help from ICA London. A first iteration of Sènsa was developed in collaboration with Block Universe, London.