Negus by Invernomuto
Negus (2011–2016) is a cross-media project that explores the convergence of history, myth, and magic through the ambivalent and manifold legacies of Ethiopia’s last emperor Haile Selassie I.
Embodied through Lee “Scratch” Perry—godfather of dub music and foundational to the sound and culture of reggae—Negus evokes a spiritual ghost hovering over Black Ark, Perry’s personal recording studio in Kingston, Jamaica that he burned to the ground in the 80s. At the same time, Perry becomes a master of the ritual fire ceremony performed in the artists’ hometown of Vernasca, Northern Italy, to re-invoke the spirit of Ethiopia’s last emperor. As part of All the Birds Sing Bass, this scene kicks off Invernomuto’s presentation at Nottingham Contemporary, browsing through the Negus archives, Invernomuto will explore peripheral notions of infrasonics, touching upon other projects developed in the last years.
About the event
Free. Limited Capacity.
Booking is required.
The duration of the event is 90 minutes. A rest break is not included. Seating is available.
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Invernomuto is the name of the artistic personality created in 2003 by Simone Bertuzzi (Piacenza, 1983) and Simone Trabucchi (Piacenza, 1982. They work and live in Milan). Invernomuto is the author of a series of research projects structured in time and space, from which cycles of interconnected works derive. On a common theoretical basis, Invernomuto tends to think in an open and rhizomatic manner, developing different outputs that take the form of moving images, sounds, performative actions and publishing projects, within the framework of a practice defined by the use – as diffuse as it is precise – of different media. Reality is observed according to documentaristic principles and interests, but for the purpose of creating an imaginative and almost abstract representation, which offers wide margins for reflection and critical interrogation.
Event:
Negus by InvernomutoDates:
22 Jun 2023, 6.30pm–8pmCurated by:
Canan Batur, assisted by Philippa Douglas
Supported by:
