accrawalkintours:THE CARBON MAN by Serge Attukwei ClotteyContemporary artist Serge Attukwei Clotte
accrawalkintours: THE CARBON MAN by Serge Attukwei ClotteyContemporary artist Serge Attukwei Clottey took his turn to perform at “The Studio” two weeks ago. The Studio is a space created by some of Accra’s creative minds to give opportunities to young indie acts to showcase their art to the world. At a time when finding local cultural spaces have become a headache for artists in Ghana, The Studio is stepping in to help reduce the burden of Ghanaian artists finding space to perform/exhibit. Many Ghanaian artists including Serge Attukwei have lamented on the lack/inadequate local cultural spaces in the country, and have suggested that young creative themselves take it upon themselves to create public performance spaces for their art.In support of the move by creators of The Studio, he used the space for a performance that confronts the issues of Migration (especially Black people moving to Europe/America), and prejudices that come with the movement, by using his personal experiences. “How does one re-construct familiar experiences when displaced? How does a subject negotiate their own baggage of cultural biases and prejudices with anxieties of belonging when in a foreign environment?What are the psychic and/or physical barriers a subject needs to break through in order to assert themselves in a place of unfamiliar elements? What are the power relations this displacement produces?Serge Attukwei Clottey deals with these questions in his performance “The Carbon Man”. The artist places his body in the anxious state of a subject inflicted with a crisis of identity who attempts to re-imagine what brings them close to a sense of home; and a sense of self to be able to deal with the prejudices conferred on them due to the act of migrating from one location to another” Photo Credit: Francis KokorokoPerformance Text: Kwasi Ohene Ayeh -- source link