What does artistic intervention mean in the climate emergency?

Aldith Gauci builds on her experiences in the Gambia, exploring sustainable practice in interdisciplinary acts and its role as a catalyst for solutions

The Kumpo is a traditional spiritual figure and masquerade dancer from the Diola people of Senegal and The Gambia, recognizable by its costume of palm leaves and a spinning stick on its head. 

In January 2019, Gauci witnessed the kumpo masquerade perform for the first time at the Janjangbureh Kankurang Festival in The Gambia, after which kumpo performances such as this one became central to her ethnographic research.

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