I admire the way how the Swiss artist Stéphanie Nyota N'Duhirahe, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who has been living in the Czech Republic for fourteen years, approaches the impact of political events on a personal history.
SE.S.TA Centre for Choreographic Development hosted circus artists Stéphanie Nyota N'Duhirahe and Morgane Widmer as part of the ART CLUSTERS residency in Žďár nad Sázavou. Both artists come from Switzerland, but has been a solid part of the Prague circus community based in Kulturní dům Mlejn since 2010. Each came to the residency with their own project: Stephanie with her experimental collage ŠRÁMY / DĚTI Z BAKELITU (Children of bakelite), where she processes the experiences of people who had been children during the Velvet Revolution and Morgane with her project CARCASSE, which thematises the social and environmental impact of women's clothing. In the projects they switched roles, which is a sympathetic ecological practice within their platform Cie Pieds Perchés. Unfortunatelly I didn't catch up Morgan for the interview, so let's dive into the interview with Stéphanie.
