Broken Home, My Shrine by Alix Konadu

ALKANARA - In the centre, a black wooden chair has its back covered in a long orange cloth that wraps around its feet. Around it, on the floor, there are paper cut-outs under small stones on the left, another blue patterned cloth in the centre and a roll of paper on the right. In the background, projected onto the white wall, an image shows the shadow of iron bars. - ©

08.07 2024

Espaço Alkantara

19H00 - 20H00

In English

The spark for investigating borders comes from a need to discuss the struggles and triumphs of people with a migration background, often addressing issues of identity, displacement, and the search for belonging.

Borders - How do we create them, shift them, break them, redefine them?

During her residency at pIAR in Kumasi (Ghana), Alix documented objects and people within specific boundaries. The next step was a residency at Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre, where she focused on borders as a perception of safety. A prison. A home. A belief.

At Alkantara, Alix will continue to work on the material and will organize an exchange of snippets and thoughts with an audience for the first time.

The boundaries of where I belong. The boundaries of my home.
Home as a shrine.
Home in a traveling object.
Home as a mood.
Home as a feeling.

— Alix Konadu

With the support

Alix Konadu

Alix Konadu (1992) is a performance artist. She was born and raised in Brussels with a mixed heritage of Ghanaian and Belgian descent. She studied at l'Académie Royal des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. Her artistic journey encompasses performance, writing and story-telling, with a focus on themes of borders and migration. Through her work, she hopes to dismantle barriers and create space for people to engage in meaningful conversations about migration, empathy, and human connection.

03.07 - 14.07.2024
Artists in Residence

Alix Konadu in residency at Espaço Alkantara