LAUGHING AT BLACKNESS: LEON SCHUSTER AND THE COLONIZING LAUGHTER

ShorttitleThis research explores the element of the colonial laughter in Leon Schuster's projects, Mr.Bones and Sweet and Short. I engage with the theories of progressive black scholars in discussing the way Schuster represents black people in these projects. I conclude by probing what the possibilities are in as far as rupturing the paradigms of negative imaging that Schuster, and those that support the idea of white supremacy through their projects, seek/s to normalise.

Autorentext

Tsepo wa Mamatu is an outspoken artist who dabbles in the word as a world of creation. He is a theatre-maker as well as a fearless speaker on issues of personal development and political consciousness. He lectures at the Wits School of the Arts in the field of performance, writing and film analysis. Wa Mamatu is based in Johannesburg.