Pongo Pete (or “the act of repetition“ in the Duala language) is a performance-installation that employs simple materials—a bucket of water, charcoal, lemons, wine, a few candles…—to elevate them to the status of ritual elements, dedicated to a purification rite.
Romuald Dikoume (CM)
The idea is to purify oneself to cleanse artistic weaknesses, to purify oneself to remain true to one’s approach… and to create acts that connect us to a universal dimension.
Born in 1986 in Cameroon, Romuald Dikoume (he, him) is a visual artist who lives and works in Douala. Marked by a destabilizing family history, he finds salvation in art. His pictorial style, figurative and naïve, focuses on certain characters set within a dense and colorful environment, reminiscent of outsider art. His performances are imbued with the torments of existential suffering and solitude, questioning the fragmentation of the self, parent-child relationships, and the duality of personality. In recent years, his paintings, photographs, performances, and installations have been exhibited in various locations in Cameroon, as well as in Congo, Gabon, Chad, Morocco, and France.
Infos
| DATE | CONTENU |
|---|---|
| 2025/04/161800 |
16.04.2025 18:00 Place François Bossuet, Brussels |
In the public space, free access.
Co-produced with Charleroi danse.
As part of “The artists Modaperf/Cameroon at the Trouble Festival/Brussels.”
Special thanks to the Municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
