The Red Femicycle

ABOUT

Red Femicycle returns at AGOG Gallery after a successful run.

"I do not think a written reflection does justice to the life-altering experience that is The red femicycle. This performance needs to be experienced in person. Its impact is felt in the body. Trying to put it into words feels like one of those over the fence morning gossip, you simply cannot capture the moment without sounding like a liar."  Zanele Zee Madiba

Ibokwe is an internationally acclaimed performance artist who continuously reveals and projects a state of mind of a loner individual who is a gay man and a Sangoma (traditional healer). Through his sexuality and traditional practice, he expresses his thoughts by moving between different artistic mediums to outline social ills and what his divergent nature sees and interprets about the world he lives in, critically questioning his surroundings, his leaders and life itself.

"The Red femicycle happens every month every day every hour every minute sometimes without the cramps. This is a offering and tribute to the spirit of Matriarchs that have shaped and influenced me my mother, my grandmothers to my initiators and the many strong woman who have been stripped of their dignity and worth. I'm no activist, i am no feminist but i am a humanist i have no answers nor do i have major life changing solution but i understand the impact this work will have on me and other humans. I will stand up and speak on woman issues as man categorised by biology but i will also speak and stand for woman as a non gender appropriate human being."

In collaboration with Oupa Sibeko(performance artist), Lerato matolodi(dancer) and Itai hakim (musician).

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