K.i beyoncé & The Shabaka Stone at Lodos

Artist: kunstenaarsinitiatief beyoncé

Exhibition title: K.i beyoncé & The Shabaka Stone

Venue: Lodos, Mexico City

Date: July 17 – September 13, 2015

Photography: images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Lodos, Mexico City

K.i.b. presents their new video work ‘The Shabaka Stone’ as part of an installation at Lodos.
Starring Georges Jacotey
Soundtrack by The Punishment of Luxury.

In these confusing times, we call upon Re and tell the story of the very first drama ever written (on the Shabaka Stone). This text from the Nubian Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt presents Ptah as the creator God par excellence, and tells about the unification of North and South in the everlasting burning Sun. With ancient civilizations in fashion, king Ramses II, the Acropolis and Aztec prints trending, human population in 2015 is accumulating into chaos. Tourist and immigrant are crossing the same ocean. Who is wet and who is dry? How to be united with borders closing down and economic crisis booming? A sea born from Modern Athens prepares a speech to be given on the border of the union.

Cork, 2015

The Shabaka Stone, 2015

The Shabaka Stone, 2015 (still from video)

Excellent Two Lands; the Two Ladies / The Mother Dance of Survival, 2015
Performance by Linda Voorwinde and Claire van Lubeek

Samet Yilmaz (Formerly k.i beyoncé) : Borderline Times
Samet Yilmaz invites you for an evening of meditation, cultural criticism and entertainment at Lodos.
To heighten the senses, the audience is invited to participate in a meditation workshop by Daniel Rajunov.

This will be followed by National Anthem Annotated, a performance of Georges Jacotey performed by Don Charles.
Georges Jacotey is the protagonist of The Shabaka Stone, currently on view at Lodos.

The Punishment of Luxury, who has made The Shabaka Stone’s soundtrack,
will encore the night with a live skype DJ set from Great Britain.