Centre d’art Ygrec-ENSAPC.
Nicola Lo Calzo’s exhibition, Nego Fugido, Quilombola memories, offers a sensitive and committed immersion into a process of reaffirming freedom. Every year, in the Quilombola community [1] of Acupe, Brazil, the Nego Fugido takes place: a ritual performance that re-enacts the dehumanization of slavery and the struggle of enslaved subjects for emancipation.
Through exhibiting this practice, the artist-researcher Nicola Lo Calzo reveals an often unspoken aspect of history: a memory that is not fixed, that is not written down in books, but which is expressed through bodies, gestures, songs and rituals.
On view June 5 through July 12, 2025
Centre d’art Ygrec-ENSAPC
29-31 Rue Henri Barbusse, 93300 Aubervilliers, France