The first evening of Bwa Kayiman—Lakouzémi ends with an adaptation of VIBRATIONS, TRANSLATIONS (2023) by Slim Soledad—artist, DJ, co-founder of the queer collective Chernobyl, and initiator of one of São Paulo’s first trans-led parties of the same name. The performance takes place under the simulated light of a red full moon, shining on the lakou-like scenography to create a nocturnal space of communion. Soledad’s artistic practice derives from her deep connection to sound and dance as tools for transfiguration. During the performance she and her guests, the artists and performers Alada and Black Pearl de Almeida Lima, explore music’s ability to bridge material and immaterial experiences of the world, as well as its potential for enabling resonances between the body and the spiritual. Through sonic and ritualistic practices, the performers translate sound into body motions and vice versa, while also decoding the vibrations emitted by natural elements like water, rock, and plants. Drawing upon Afro-futurist and ancestral knowledge frameworks, soundscapes, movements, and spoken incantations allow for collective and individual connections, intertwining past and present, emotions and dreams. 

Concept, Sound, Direction, Performance: Slim Soledad 
Sound, Performance: Alada 
Choreography, Performance: Black Pearl 
Co-Direction, Light Design, Production: Lolla Venzon