Simnikiwe Buhlungu

6 Sep-3 Nov 2024

PV 5 Sep 2024

Overview

What do knowledges look like? Who produces them? And how are they distributed? Through sound, film, and text, as well as radio shows and publishing, Simnikiwe Buhlungu asks; how are knowledges encountered? Previous works have included theremins, cassette tapes and research with honey bees, to navigate the boundless potential answers that unfold and reshape as we – and our non-human counterparts – move through the world. Chisenhale Gallery will present a major new commission and first solo exhibition in the UK by Buhlungu. Traversing disciplines from microbiology to genealogy, and locations from London to Johannesburg, Buhlungu’s commission takes the ‘puddle’ as both model and methodology to uncover the ways knowledges, histories and ecologies circulate and pool. A new publication, continuing Buhlungu’s interest in forms of distribution, will be developed as part of the commissioning process.

Biography:

Simnikiwe Buhlungu lives and works in Amsterdam. Selected exhibitions include: *dissonated underings [hic!], after- happenings and khuayarings (sithi “ahhhh!”), Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (2022); The 59th Venice Biennale; Venice (2022); The Show Is Over, South London Gallery, London (2022); Scenorama, Javett-UP, Pretoria (2022); Unravelling The (Under-) Development Complex, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin (2022); Territories Between Us, South African National Gallery, Iziko Museums, Cape Town (2021); Small World Real World ,Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2020); My Summer Is Your Winter, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz (2019); Multiple Transmissions: Art in the Afropolitan Age, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels (2019).