VFD is pleased to be hosting the multi-disciplinary crazinsT artisT for an evening of multi-screenings of their performances, followed by a ritual performance and a talk.
Ticket profit goes towards supporting the artisT and community work in Ghana. Pay what you can £10+
CW: violent imagery and nudity.
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Pronoun: ‘sHit’ if not ‘she’.
Born in 1981 in Ho, Ghana, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [crazinisT artisT] works internationally
but lives in Kumasi, Ghana. sHit is a multidisciplinary ‘artivist’, curator, founder and artistic
director of perfocraZe International Artists Residency (pIAR) which aims at promoting
exchanges between international and local artists, activists, researchers, curators and thinkers.
As a performer and installation artist, crazinisT investigates gender stereotypes, prejudices,
queerness, identity politics and conflicts, sexual stigmas and their consequences for
marginalized groups or individuals. With rituals and a gender-fluid persona, sHit employs
sHits own body as a thought-provoking tool in performances, photography, video and
installations. sHit ‘life-and-live-art’ confronts issues such as: disenfranchisement, social
justice, violence, objectification, internalized oppression, anti-blackness, 'systemic
indoctrination', and more.
crazinisT has performed and exhibited across the globe, including Nigeria, Togo, Ghana,
Switzerland, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, Cape Verde, USA,Sweden, Japan, Spain,
Brazil, France and the UK. sHit has also been featured in several publications and magazines,
such as I-D Vice London, I-D Vice Amsterdam, The Financial Times, King Kong Magazine,
CCQ London, Maimi Rails, ‘Freeflowingvisuals’, TRT WORD Film Documentary, This is
Africa, Art Ghana, Lost At E Minor, CNN, The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die
Tageszeitung (TAZ), Horizonte da Cena and Radio FRO.
Please also consider donating directly to the gofundme: SAVE pIAR: EMERGENCY CALL
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Website: https://www.crazinistartist.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crazinist_artist/
IG for pIAR: https://www.instagram.com/perfocraze_international/
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/vabenef/
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/crazinistartist
Twitter: https://twitter.com/crazinistartist
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtuQ2IEN8yIR--r2kuNMUQ