At night we dress up and carve out a sensual side of ourselves. At night the spotlight is on the self. Our eyes are not made for the darkness but our spirits become alive, we dance and find alter-egos, immersed in the mysteries of the night.

 Take Me Somewhere are excited to host Kieron Jina’s new performance research project Nocturnal Creatures, which explores queer nightlife and club culture with an aim of finding connections between artists across South Africa & Scotland.

Over Spring 2022, Kieron will meet with artists at the forefront of queer nightlife in Scotland, before undertaking a creative residency in the Summer at our new creation space Studio Somewhere. More details will be posted here closer to the time.

Kieron Jina is a multidisciplinary artist, facilitator/researcher of creative processes, and lecturer based in Johannesburg. Jina has an MA in Arts from Wits University. Working primarily in the realms of performance art, visual art, theatre-making, and with a background in film. Jina's masterpieces include Afrofuturism, migration, Identity, sexuality, new technology, Indigenous cultural practices, site-specific performance, collaboration, and interdisciplinary creative practices. Jina has also won multiple awards and artistic residencies that lead to performances and art creations in Brazil, Germany, Austria, France, Reunion Island, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Korea & Switzerland. Jina has been awarded the Top 200 M&G Young South Africans in the Arts and Culture Category for performance art in 2012.

In 2019 Jina was selected as a participant for the Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen International Forum in Berlin. Jina completed a residency which lead to a creation entitled PAUSE at William Kentridge’s Centre For The Less Good Idea in Johannesburg. As well as a new collaborative interdisciplinary creation entitled INTERTHREAD for Infecting the City Festival in Cape Town and was an artist in residency at A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town to create a new body of work entitled CATCH FEELINGS, NOT FLIGHTS. In 2020, Jina completed an online performance entitled CHAMELEON HOME for Die Irritierte Stadt Festival in Stuttgart, Germany, and FLAMBOYANCY: FIND YOUR WAY BACK for Eco Electro Queer Garden Party in Zurich. In 2021 Jina was invited to Switzerland by Pro Helvetia as artist-in-residency for 3 months to conduct creative research and a new solo creation. In 2022 Jina will have a series of visual art and performance presentations across Europe, the UK, and Africa. 

This exchange is funded by British Council #SouthernAfricaArts  @SouthernAfricaArts