Kabylifornia

Residencies

  • 10.06 > 14.06.2025

Kabylifornia is a solo per­for­man­ce navi­ga­ting iden­ti­ty, leg­a­cy, and con­tra­dic­ti­on.
Moving through three aes­the­tic lay­ers, post-inter­net abstrac­ti­on, stand-up come­dy, and poe­tic inti­ma­cy, the work explo­res my rela­ti­ons­hip with my father: both a ves­sel of Kabyle cul­tu­re and a com­plex, ambi­va­lent figu­re in my per­so­nal history. 

Through fami­ly archi­ves, auto­fic­ti­on, and humour, Kabylifornia inves­ti­ga­tes the trans­mis­si­on of cul­tu­ral memo­ry, how it warps, shifts, and sett­les insi­de a body. It asks: what do we inherit, whe­ther we want it or not? What spa­ce is the­re for reima­gi­ning ori­gin sto­ries that are frac­tu­red, emo­ti­o­nal, and unresolved? 

I appro­ach Kabylia through my father, and my father through Kabylia, tre­a­ting both as lands­ca­pes, myths, and ques­ti­ons. This pro­ject lay­e­red form that plays with audien­ce expecta­ti­on, inti­ma­cy, and dis­com­fort, and speaks across dias­po­ric and queer expe­rien­ces wit­hout flat­tening them.

Performance: Agathe Yamina Meziani I Assistentie: Antonin Compère and Lorena Spindler I Scenographie: Ji-Min Park I Lichtontwerp: Laurence Halloy I Outside eye: Antoine Defoorte I Schrijf-onder­steu­ning: Nina Vanspranghe I Coproductie: Les Halles de Schaerbeek, MC93, Atelier 210 I Met de steun van La Bellone, La Verrière, Common Lab / Common Stories, Cie Tristero, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (research grant)