Alphonse Eklou Uwantege

Alphonse Eklou Uwantege is a 28-year-old queer Sagittarius, born in Minsk to a Rwandan mother and a Togolese father. Alphonse is a model, performer, and director based in Brussels. Their work uses the body as a tool, writing as a weapon of resurrection, and performance as a political urgency. Their approach is driven by a desire to subvert the norms of representation and the relationship between spectators and performers by disrupting scenic spaces.

In the first part of their triptych, restes, Alphonse explores artistic research on transgenerational trauma, invisible memory, and colonial transmissions in a solo performance paying tribute to their uncle, Alphonse Kanimba, who was killed during the genocide against the Tutsis in April 1994.

Currently, Alphonse is continuing this exploration in the second part of the triptych, questioning migratory inheritances and the silences imposed on diasporic identities. Through traditional and contemporary movements, the languages of their family, and documents as witnesses to erasure and resistance, they examine the fractures and reinventions linked to displacement.