samedi 29 novembre 2025, 16h00

Culturescapes Performance Day | Prince Toffa: Zogbé. Air

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Culturescapes Performance Day: Languages and Movements

The Performance Day that closes Culturescapes 2025 Sahara opens a space to meet the Saharan languages and movements through performative walks, guitar music, dance, chants, and meditation by artists from different parts of the African continent. 

Prince Toffa: Zogbé. Air (15')

Zogbé is air that evokes the force of fire coming from the sea and Mami Wata, the water deity. It also refers to all marine pollution (plastic waste, tanker waste, cans, etc.), to seas and oceans disrupted and damaged by humans and by global warming. When large waves or tsunamis ravage coasts and lagoons, Zogbé is a prayer that calms this negative energy. It offers a form of resilience. 

Prince Toffa (Benin) creates large sculptural dresses from recycled materials, including cans, cups, wire, bags, plastic bags, and more. Once designed, the artist brings his costumes to life through artistic performances that give a second life to waste materials while telling the story of the artist, his country, and its customs.

Autres performances :
>> Christian Etongo: Totem - 16h30
>> Kettly Noël (und Kojack): This body remembers - 17h40
>> Yara Mekawei. El-Qibla - 18h50
>> Prince Toffa : Abla Gouda. Feuer - 19h35

 

Bildcredits: Prince Toffa – Zogbé 2025 © ZVG