Christian Etongo (CM)

Christian Etongo Work for Live Art Danmark 2016 COLAB Copenagen, collaboration with Jessie Kleemann Collaboration on Colonialism, Art and Ritual with Jessie Kleeman Cameroon and Greenland are 8,058 kilometers apart as the crow flies. At first glance there seem to be only differences between the two countries, differences in geography, climate, traditions and culture. In their collaboration, Christian Etongo and Jessie Kleemann focus on the one vital aspect that does link their countries of origin: their unresolved colonial past. Their research specifically focusses on the disappearance of traditions and rituals as a consequence of colonialism and ongoing imperialist repression. Christian and Jessie debate those consequences while reviving those forgotten, often […]