Venice
I was invited to do an immersive, experiential performance in Venice and then performed it again in Cape Town two years later.
I presented 'Tempest' - A 15 minute sensory piece (film, sound, aromas) about the importance of bees to our world today and 'Petrichor' the scent of rain, as it builds in the sky to when it falls to the earth.
‘Tempest’ was the largest installation at Palazzo Michiel in Venice and also the prequel to the experimental dinners held each night for a week. I did 7 performances a day.

Cape Town
This was a singular performance in collaboration with Southern Guild Gallery, in collaboration with BMW South Africa and blacksmith-artist Conrad Hicks for his solo exhibition, 'Tools'.
I performed in my large studio as well as styled and designed the food experience for the dinner of 50 VIP guests for the opening night, held inside the artist's forge.

Performed in Venice 2018, Cape Town 2019.

Narrative:
TEMPEST
Film, sound, steel, brass, copper, water, oil, fire, smoke, honey, mushroom, moss, tar, helichrysum (imphepho) or fynbos wild rosemary (kapokbos).
Sound composition: Alessandro Gigli on Synth Flute.

This installation is leading one, through the senses, highlighting the juxtaposition of where we are now at odds with nature, to where we should be, and where we once were, in harmony with nature.

“I feel that bees are a representation of the perfect balance of nature.
As humans cannot live without the assistance of bees to pollinate crops, they may sabotage their existence in a sickly sweet self-destruction.
The storm that follows is a chance to reconnect to nature as a whole. As the animals we truly are.
The smell of rain and the 'a priori' feeling that comes with petrichor (the term for the smell of rain) and is embedded deep within us as human animals. It calls for us to awaken to our primal connection in harmony with nature. It signifies growth and survival.”

The artist, as ’rain-maker’ performs a ceremony with heat, aromas, edible essences and herbal smoke that release her own personal experience of petrichor, her instinctual connection with food and drawing sustenance from the African bush.

The mask is a connection to the African Guinea Fowl bird.
“The guinea fowl is a bird that is symbolic of human effort at survival” a quote from transcribed tapes recorded by Credo Mutwa, one of Southern Africa’s most celebrated Sangomas or witchdoctors."