Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński: O.T., K. T. C. I.

Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński is a writer, artist and scholar based in Vienna. Building on Black feminist theory, she has developed a practice with a specific focus on the voids in public archives and collections. In her work, Kazeem-Kamiński interlocks the documentary with the fictional, critically investigating the colonial past and its ongoing effects in the present.

During 10th f/stop – Festival for Photography Leipzig, and continuing on to September 1, 2024, the GfZK will host a multi-piece installation from Kazeem-Kamiński. The work centres on her video work O.T., K. T. C. I. (2022/2024), which was inspired by Brazilian writer and playwright Augusto Boal. In his theatre of the oppressed, Boal urged participants to actively change the prevailing social and political conditions. They are brought to realise the ways in which they internalise oppression, and how they might overcome the police in one’s head.

In O.T., K. T. C. I., Kazeem-Kamiński presents the individual letters of the sentence Kill the Cop Inside in a gestural performative exercise for which she uses a means of communication from sea faring, the Winkleralphabet, with which messages are conveyed over long distances using arm movements and flags.

The exhibition is a collaboration with the 10th f/stop – Festival for Photography Leipzig, which took place from May 31 to June 16, 2024 at several locations in Leipzig.

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