by Kudzanai Chiurai
The trilogy of videos by Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai Iyeza (2011), Creation (2012), and Moyo (2013) consider and confront how Christianity has been used to support and expand European colonialism in Africa over the last three centuries. The videos lend a dramatic and dynamic edge to Chiurai’s larger project of critically investigating how African cultures, politics, conflicts, and histories are processed and depicted by both Western and African media sources.
The first video is based on a creation story told in the Setswana language.
The second, titled Moyo.
The third part is a live recording with Thandiswa Mazwai, Mpulelelo Mcata, Tshepang Ramoba and João Orecchia, based on the song Iyeza by Thandiswa and reworked by João Orecchia.
- flat pink roses
- dinokana – venice biennale
- i seek you in my dreams
- where the wind calls my name
- under the hanging tree
- mafolofolo – documenta 15
- one take grace
- film festival film
- i want to see for myself
- stillborn
- desert
- the man jesus
- imbizo ka mafavuke
- inxeba (the wound)
- urban mermaid
- black president
- the silent form
- creation – moyo – iyeza
- uncles & angels
- security
- television
