Works by Exocé Kasongo
Born in France in 1995, Exocé Kasongo also works across disciplines - whether as a dancer in musical performances on stage, in video productions, or as a visual artist. Since 2019, Kasongo lives in Berlin and is currently involved in a series of events at Neuköllner art hub Oyoun, among various other international productions. In his mixed-media collages, he chooses a loud, expressive style to bring photography, modern accessories and natural elements onto paper.
In that media, he uses historical photographs remixed with street culture references in order to re-write history on a demand for cultural, artistic, and spiritual restitution.
The attribution of an Afrofuturist aesthetic seems to be accurate as Kasongo’s work suggests a Pan-African vision for an art positioning, that despite its progressive language is accompanied by a return to the primordial confidence and values of his ancestors on the continent.
"In time, everything will make sense," he explains, referring to his artistic direction, which tells a lot about his Congolese roots and the struggle of a Black man in a white society.