'A Maze in Grace', 2020
audiovisual performance by Neo Muyanga with Legítima Defesa and Bianca Turner
'It's Dark but I Sing', 34th São Paulo Biennial
Video projection design, image production and mapping: bianca turner
February 8, 2020, 11:00 am
For an explanation of the performance, watch the video below.
'A Maze in Grace', 2020 (projected images)
'A maze in Grace'
Muyanga's work proposes the deconstruction and a new look at the song, composed in 1772 by John Newton, a white British slave trader who converted and became an abolitionist Anglican minister in the late 18th century after a series of near-death experiences. The São Paulo theater collective Legítima Defesa, which carries out poetic-political actions of reflection and representation of blackness, also participated in the performance, as did the artist Bianca Turner (b. 1984, São Paulo, Brazil), who signs the videomapping used in the work.
