- 09.07.2022, 5.30 pm / Performanceadmission free
- 09.07.2022, 6.30 pm / practice sessionadmission free
Passports have varying degrees of power. While certain citizens can visit almost anywhere in the world without any hindrance, travel is heavily restricted for many others as their nation’s passports are less powerful. Venuri Perera’s satirical ceremony is triggered by the intrusive and degrading processes many citizens have to face before entering another country, which perpetuate inequality based on citizenship.
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Venuri Perera is a choreographer and performance artist from Colombo and a Fellow of “Bodies, un-protected”. On the basis of her performance “Passport Blessing Ceremony”, which she presents in the programme, her practice provides the ground for sharing reflections and conversations around restricted bodies and shifting dynamics in the post-pandemic world.
Following the performance, Venuri Perera will give in-depth insights into her work in a Practice Session
Duration: 50 min (performance), 60 min (practice session)
Language: English
Biography
Venuri Perera
Venuri Perera is a choreographer, performance artist, curator and educator from Colombo. A graduate of DAS Arts, Amsterdam, her solo and collaborative works have dealt with violent nationalism, patriarchy, border rituals, colonial heritage and class. She is exploring the power dynamics of gaze and anonymity through performative experiments in public space, galleries and theatres. Venuri conceived and curated the programmes of Colombo Dance Platform since 2016, with the support of the Goethe-Institut Colombo. She is a member of the multidisciplinary independent artist collective The Packet.