We would like to invite you to the second installation of Ayni: Theorems of Reciprocity, the projection of “Goals”, a video performance piece by Jabulani Maseko, followed by a roundtable talk with the artist and the curators. It will take place at Hangar on the 18th of January 2024, from 7 p.m.
The event will be the second installation of the Ayni: Theorems of Reciprocity project, which is a set of five project rooms at Brotéria, HANGAR, Antecâmara, and Universidade Católica Portuguesa that will feature works by Rita Ferreira, Jabulani Maseko, LANDRA – Sara Rodrigues and Rodrigo Camacho, The Third Thing – Nithya Iyer and Vlad Mizikov, and Igor Jesus.
Presented at Hangar, in January 2024, Maseko’s video installation Goals (2018) takes center stage. This ten-minute piece unfolds against a winter-landscape in Switzerland, capturing Maseko’s struggle as he pushes a goalpost from one side of the frame to the other. The video cleverly plays with the idiomatic expression “moving the goalpost”, embodying a physical and metaphorical push, reflecting the artist’s journey to redefine boundaries and test the limits of the body. This work also reaffirms the artist’s way of working, which often reflects where he is geographically at any given moment. Following the screening of Goals, the evening transitions into an interactive conversation with Maseko. The talk delves into the overarching theme of the body in his work, exploring its recurrence and significance in his broader artistic portfolio. A unique exploration of the body as a site of contradictory emotions and states is promised, threading the narratives of both personal and collective memory, and offering visitors an engaging and reflective experience.
Jabulani Maseko, born in Apartheid South Africa in 1977, was the first black student at Redhill, a private school for white children at the time. He left the country at 18, coinciding with the collapse of the regime. His pursuit of higher education led him to the UK, where he earned a master’s degree at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Maseko’s works have graced group and solo exhibitions across the United States, Europe, and Africa. Maseko’s creative arsenal, which spans sculpture, drawing, painting, installation, and performance, often gravitates towards materials rich with meaning from his childhood in Apartheid South Africa. His works delve into the collective black experience throughout history- a history based on the black body in conflict with society and ultimately in conflict with itself.
Curated by students of the MA and PhD programmes in Cultural Studies, The Lisbon Consortium, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in the framework of the seminar in Curatorship, coordinated by Luísa Santos. Support: República Portuguesa – Cultura | DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes.
Learn more about the project on our website, and our Instagram @ayni_theoremsofreciprocity.
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