Bigidi mè pa tonbé! (Totter but never fall)
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Author: Ndikung, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng
'Bigidi mè pa tonbé: Totter but Never Fall' explores the intelligence of bodily movements as they navigate rupture and adaptation to maintain balance amid crises. The book expands on the second Invocation for the 36th Bienal de São Paulo held in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, and reflects on resilience and the dynamics of movement to deepen understanding of how physicality and adaptability intersect with broader cultural and social challenges.The concept stems from 'bigidi', a core element of the Guadeloupean dance 'gwoka', characterised by improvisation and alternating between moments of rupture and continuity in a constant effort to maintain balance. Léna Blou, a leading authority on this tradition, identifies 'bigidi' and its mode of moving as the essential nature of the Caribbean being, which, in her words, “knows how to stabilise instability and transform disharmony into harmony.”This title is the second volume in a series of four educational publications released on the occasion of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice, curated by Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, with co-curators Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz, Thiago de Paula Souza, co-curator at large Keyna Eleison, and strategy and communications advisor Henriette Gallus. Taking its cue from Afro-Brazilian poet Conceição Evaristo’s enigmatic poem, 'Da calma e do silênco' (Of calm and silence), the Bienal aims to rethink humanity as a verb, a living practice, in a world that requires reimagining relationships, asymetries, and listening as the basis for coexistence.
ISBN 9781954939127. CARA. pb. 200 pages. 10 colour, 10 b/w ills. 22.9 x 15.9 cm.
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'Bigidi mè pa tonbé: Totter but Never Fall' explores the intelligence of bodily movements as they navigate rupture and adaptation to maintain balance amid crises. The book expands on the second Invocation for the 36th Bienal de São Paulo held in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, and reflects on resilience and the dynamics of movement to deepen understanding of how physicality and adaptability intersect with broader cultural and social challenges.The concept stems from 'bigidi', a core element of the Guadeloupean dance 'gwoka', characterised by improvisation and alternating between moments of rupture and continuity in a constant effort to maintain balance. Léna Blou, a leading authority on this tradition, identifies 'bigidi' and its mode of moving as the essential nature of the Caribbean being, which, in her words, “knows how to stabilise instability and transform disharmony into harmony.”This title is the second volume in a series of four educational publications released on the occasion of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice, curated by Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, with co-curators Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz, Thiago de Paula Souza, co-curator at large Keyna Eleison, and strategy and communications advisor Henriette Gallus. Taking its cue from Afro-Brazilian poet Conceição Evaristo’s enigmatic poem, 'Da calma e do silênco' (Of calm and silence), the Bienal aims to rethink humanity as a verb, a living practice, in a world that requires reimagining relationships, asymetries, and listening as the basis for coexistence.
ISBN 9781954939127. CARA. pb. 200 pages. 10 colour, 10 b/w ills. 22.9 x 15.9 cm.
available