Who holds the agency to share knowledge in a transnational context?
Does this knowledge claim its own agency?
Bodies of Knowledge foregrounds the embodied knowledge that exists beyond, and in spite of, traditionally eurocentric ways of knowing. The practices of Bint Mbareh and Barney Pau converge for the first time in an installation that invites each participating body to vocalise what it knows, manifesting its knowledge of ritual, oral history, and language into shared space. An interactive moment of exchange allows the embodied to assert its own validity, making way for an individualised experience of knowledge beyond conventional boundaries.
Between June 19th and 24th, 2024, the Bodies of Knowledge exhibition featured tanks hosting ferments prepared by Barney Pau, which were in dialogue with a sonic piece created by Bint Mbareh — and built upon by every visitor. An observant colony of ferments reacted in real time to the visiting voices, reverberating its response back to the viewer.
The sonic stimuli were based on sounds produced in the choir workshop "Mouthful of Voice" on May 29, 2024. We owe immense gratitude to the 15 co-creators who lent their voices to this project.
We would like to thank the CCA team—the tutors and staff, as well as colleagues—with special thanks to Laura Valles Vilchez.
Practitioners
Bint Mbareh
Barney Pau
Collaborator
Abdulrahman Salih
Curators
Erica Watum
Elias Rizek
Sunjoo Jung
Isabelle Enquist
Ismini Chimona
Alexa Davis
Huiyu Lan
Bint Mbareh
Barney Pau
Collaborator
Abdulrahman Salih
Curators
Erica Watum
Elias Rizek
Sunjoo Jung
Isabelle Enquist
Ismini Chimona
Alexa Davis
Huiyu Lan