KUSANGULUKA (kimbundu: joy), 2025
Iris Buchholz Chocolate
Participants, passers-by and natural biodegradable confetti. Video documentation, 2'28"
Raw material of the performances are natural biodegradable confetti made from dry leaves. “Kusanguluka” popped up in formal and informal neighborhoods in Luanda and invited each time a small number of participants to shower themselves together with natural confetti, while expressing joy. — This moment of high energy intends to be a pause to the many challenges citizens are facing during the harsh economic crisis Angola currently is facing — creating a moment of community, joy and laughter in order to celebrate the miracle that life is.
Participants, passers-by and natural biodegradable confetti Intervention I, September 30th, 2025 Locations: Banco Nacional, Museu da Moeda, Marginal — Mutamba, Luanda Participants: Anaximandra Bernardo, Abigail dos Santos, António Vunda, Leonel Costa Intervention II – VIII, October 22nd, 2025 Locations: Rua 21 de Janeiro, Rua Bairro, Mercardo da Madeira, Eskebra Super Mercado, Nosso Centro Gamek — Morro Bento, Luanda Concept Iris Buchholz Chocolate Participants Abigail dos Santos Anaximandra Bernardo Andreia Barros António Bernado António Vunda Carla Mateta Guida Clementina Leonel Costa Manuel Junqueira Patrícia Rodrigues Rosa Garrito Sílvia Romero Vladimiro Francisco and other passers-by Production assistant Brunnie de Oliveira Vemba Photography Manuel Mateta Video PC Baby Cut Claudio Chocolate Music Axiluanda by Jorge Rosa
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About the Artist
Iris Buchholz Chocolate. Born in Germany in 1974, she lives and works in Luanda, Angola. She earned her BA from the Merz Akademie, University of Applied Art, Design and Media, Stuttgart. From 1999 to 2005 she worked as Executive Director of Camouflage Brussels – the European Satellite of the Center of Contemporary Art of Africa, where she co-curated a major collection on contemporary African art. She has participated in major group shows in Africa, Latin America, the USA and Asia. Amongst others she took part in the 11th Mercosul Biennial in 2018, in the 2nd Bienal de Luanda in 2021 and, in collaboration with Paula Nascimento in the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, in 2021. She held five major solo shows in Luanda. Her works are in several public and private collections. Asian and African curators have reviewed her work.
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