Centred around chipaumire’s monumental gadzi installation and the first of three norm-bending performances, this evening highlights both spiritual and defiant practices, through music, movement, making, and more.
The Infinities Commission is supported by Glass Castle Foundation.
Programme
Performance: gadziguru*
East Tank & Turbine Hall, Level 0
19.00-20.30
Meet the spirit of gadziguru in nora chipaumire’s new performance, incorporating her iconic sound-system, ‘a mountain of speaking wood’, broadcasting the deep bass of dub music alongside saxophone, guitar and Zimbabwean mbira.
The performance will begin in Tate Modern’s East Tank, before progressing through the Tanks Lobby and into the Turbine Hall.
*Due to the capacity of the East Tank, the first part of the performance requires a free ticket, but all visitors are invited to join and dance as the artists move out towards the Turbine Hall.
Music: Bradley Zero
Turbine Hall, Level 0
20.30-21.30
Hailing from Peckham via Leeds, Bradley Zero has steadily become the tastemaker of his generation. As founder of Rhythm Section and co-founder of Jumbi, Bradley has carved out a unique role for himself within the vibrant London music scene.
Music: Charisse C & guests
Terrace Bar, Blavatnik Building, Level 1
18.00-21.30
Join Abantu founder and curator Charisse C and special guests for an evening of music, storytelling and live performance inspired by nora chipaumire's gadzi. The Terrace Bar will be transformed through a programme of live music, vocal performance and DJ sets from Charisse C, Shumba Maasai, Sekuru, Captain Lulaz and more.
Rooted in Abantu's commitment to Southern Africa and meaningful cultural exchange, the programme brings together Zimbabwean artists working across generations, bridging ancestral knowledge and contemporary explorations. Inviting audiences to experience the music, not only as entertainment, but as a living archive carrying stories between past, present and future.
Music: DJ El Corazon
Corner Bar, Natalie Bell Building, Level 1
18.00-21.30
Atiyyah Khan (El Corazon) is a record collector, archivist, selector and arts journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. She is the co-founding member of music and art collective Future Nostalgia who run regular gigs around the city, as well as a regular collaborator with the artist nora chipaumire.
Workshop: Birungi Kawooya
Bridge, Level 1, Turbine Hall
18.00-20.00
Birungi Kawooya is a Ugandan-British artist whose practice uses Ugandan materials, including bark cloth, banana fibre and raffia, as tools for grounding, renewal and reimagining personal and cultural narratives.
Join her for a drop-in workshop responding to nora chipaumire's gadziguru. Working with materials rooted in plant traditions, participants will contribute to a large communal textile piece, stitching, braiding and shading to add their mark onto Ugandan bark cloth.
Performance: Synaptic Architecture
Blavatnik Building, Level 2
18.00-21.30
Hear from the next generation of sound artists at this experimental live-performance showcase. Encounter short performances, DJ sets and sensory installations throughout the night. Programmed with TheGRIN.io
This showcase is developed by students from the Royal College of Art’s N.O.I.S.E. programme, whose practices span sound, moving image, creative coding, installation, performance, interactive design and audio-visual experimentation.
Through a series of interconnected projects, the artists collectively transform the space into a sensory ecosystem of signals, responses, and relationships. At its core, Synaptic Architecture examines the invisible networks that connect bodies, technologies, environments, and communities.
Film Programme
Starr Cinema, Natalie Bell Building, Level 1
18.30-20.00 & 20.00-21.30
Afro Promo #1 Kinglady 11 minutes
Nora 35 minutes
#PUNK 35 minutes
NOT waiting... 8 minutes
Afro Promo #1 Kinglady (2016)
An Afro-Feminist manifesto beautifying bodies to claim the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Using low-tech, do-it-yourself aesthetics, this short film demonstrates how presence, fashion and pop culture can be a vehicle for self-invention and self-determination.
Directed and Choreographed by nora chipaumire
Director of Photography: Benjamin Seth Wolf
Editor: Alla Kovgan
Art Director: Peter Born
Premiered: 2016 in the USA
Duration: 11 minutes
Produced by Dance for Film on Location at Montclair State University, The Office of Arts and Cultural Programming (ACP), Jedediah Wheeler, Executive Director. Funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Nora (2008)
Shot in Southern Africa, Nora is based on childhood memories of the self-exiled dancer Nora Chipaumire who was born in Zimbabwe in 1965. Using performance and dance, she brings her history to life in a swiftly-moving poem of sound and image. The original score was composed by a Zimbabwean legend - Thomas Mapfumo.
Director: Alla Kovgan and David Hinton
Screenplay: Alla Kovgan, David Hinton, Nora Chipaumire
Choreographer: Nora Chipaumire
Orginal score: Thomas Mapfumo
Performers: Nora Chipaumire, Souleymane Badolo and many extras
Cinematographer: Mkrtich Malkhasyan
Editor: Alla Kovgan
Producer: Joan Frosch
Production & Distribution: Movement Revolution Productions (MRP)
Country of production: USA, UK, Mozambique
Duration: 35 minutes
Commissioned by EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission 2007, supported by The Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts – Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA in association with Center for World Arts, University of Florida
#PUNK (2020)
Multi-award winning international artist, nora chipaumire expresses the frenetic intensity between spectator and performer in her film #PUNK. Captured by Ari Marcopoulos, the film showcases the depth and interdisciplinary complexity of chipaumire’s work, moving through music, sound, movement and text.
Film by Ari Marcopoulos
Concept, Text, Movement & Vocals: nora chipaumire
Vocals & Movement: Shamar Watt
Guitar: David Gagliardi
Drums: Austin Williams
Sound: Phillip White
Country of Production: USA
Duration: 35 minutes
NOT waiting... (2023)
Two women... under a baobab tree...
Sexuality, Sensuality, Philosophy, Politics, Ecology, Humor, and African female beingness...
Physical cinema, or living cinema,
or a play without words
nora chipaumire’s NOT waiting... imagines this with Germaine Acogny, constructing a live cinema play with no words
Concept/Art Direction: nora chipaumire
Dance: nora chipaumire, Germaine Acogny
Musicians: Ouleye Ndiaye, Adama Ndiaye, Rokhaya Cisse, Yaya Wolty Fall, Mame Ndoumbe Gaye
Sound: Franz Schütte
Duration: 8 minutes
Commissioned by Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), co-produced by nora chipaumire, HKW, and RAW Material Company, supported by African Makers and Martine de Limburg, 2023.
10 Minute Talks
Various times, throughout the building
Join Ten Minute Talks and meet volunteers from across Tate who bring our artworks to life as they share personal insights and fresh perspectives into works from the collection.
18.30 on Amedeo Modigliani's The Little Peasant
Natalie Bell Building, Level 2, inside In the Studio: Studio Practice
19.00 on Natalia Goncharova’s Gardening
Natalie Bell Building, Level 2, inside In the Studio: Studio Practice
19.30 on Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych
Natalie Bell Building, Level 2, inside In the Studio: Conservation Studio
20.00 on the Guerilla Girls display
Natalie Bell Building, Level 4, inside Media Networks
Tour: LGBTQIA+ Tour*
Meet at the Level 2 tour meeting point in the Natalie Bell Building, at the entrance to In The Studio
20.00-21.00
Join one of our LGBTQIA+ tours at Tate Modern. The tours are aimed at exploring the Tate Collection through the lens of gender identity and sexuality. All are welcome.
*Requires a free ticket, available to book from 11.00 on Friday 26 June
Create: Tate Draw
Starr Foyer, Natalie Bell Building, Level 1
Blavatnik Building, Level 3
18.00-21.30
Head to our drawing desks and bring your work to life using digital sketch pads. Tate Draw is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Head to the Corner Bar and Terrace Bar for cocktails, craft beers and wines.
Plus find plenty of non-alcoholic options at all our bars, and delicious food at the Corner Bar, Pop-up Bars, and the Pizza Kiosk outside.
Corner Bar: Natalie Bell Building, Level 1
Terrace Bar: Blavatnik Building, Level 1
Pop-up Bars: Turbine Hall, Level 0 & Bridge, Level 1
Rooftop Cafe: Blavatnik Building, Level 10
Pizza Kiosk: North Landscape
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