“Ɖs z ɖ frst sôlo xibišn v wrc bî Nastiu Mscītu, imrjñ t b wn v ɖ most xîtñ ātists v hiz jeṇrešn.
Rūtd in ɖ brwdcastinḍstri, ẇr Mscītu wrct prīvı̣sli az drctr n camṛmn, hiz ātistc practis z xtrōdnri fr its eṇji, intelijns n wit. It z az funi az it z confṛntešnl, az candid az it z îronic, ṣtiricl n cūl. It imbresz film n myzic, ʈiatricl pfwmns, vidio n insṭlešn, ofn rqîrñ ɖ c̣laḅrešn v uɖrz, most nôṭbli Spaniš ātist Vic Ṗrêró. Frīqntli apirñ in conṣts n myzicfestivlz, Mscītu hz olso pfwmd wɖn ɖ contxt v vižl āts prôgramz n mntenz a lîvli onlîn prezns.
Ʈiatricli, Mscītu têcs sentrstêj in hiz wrc. H ofn asymz rôlz, ʈru mimicri, in ōdr t xpres îdiyz ocŕñ t hm, nt so mč az hiz ôn čerišt ḅlifs bt rɖr obẓvešnz on hymn foli manifstd in modn lîf. Ɖ distns btwn hiz acčl îdntti n sč caṛcṭrîzešnz ineblz hm t xpres hmslf verı̣sli az biyñ trnzgresv, cūl, sinicl, pṛfen n vulgr. Nāstia, a nô-it-ol wɖ a Rušn axnt – a monstr injendrd bî ɖ Cold Wor – ipiṭmîzz ɖs tendnsi, n ofn mcs an apiṛns. At ɖ hāt v ɖ xibišn z Nāstia’z Manifsto (2008), a srklr pṛjẋn sspndd jst abv ɖ flor, bêst on ɖ cīwrdz Hiṗcritcl, Îronic n D Nt Gv a Fuc.
In a vrayti v wez Mscītu z an ātist pýntñ s twdz a fyčr in ẇč clir dstnẋnz md btwn ātfwmz, btwn popylr culčr n fîn āt, n ɖ caṭġrîzešn v culčṛl îdnttiz wl hv bcm îɖr rdundnt or ireḷvnt. Hiz slf̣werṇs az smwn in ɖ ātwrld sits alñsd hiz cnsrnz wɖ Africn poḷtcs, ispešli ɖoz ptenñ t Angola – az it dīlz wɖ ɖ leġsi v a loñ n bludi sivl wor – sẋl poḷtcs, rampnt cnsyṃrizm n uɖr simtmz v glôḅlîzešn.
Ɖ dvîs v procḷmešn, v prīčñ or peḍgoji, z dplýd wɖ îronic nowñṇs. In 3 Continnts (2010) w incântr ɖ cnd v confidns ɖt caṛcṭrîzz ɖ nūvo rīš stumblñ intu sičuešnz ɖe d’nt riyli undrstand. Acts (2012), a mr rīsnt wrc bî Nastīvišs (Mscītu n Ṗrêró), z ls naṛtv. In for pāts, w si hm in siluet agnst bacgrândz v vivid culr, pfwmñ cuvrz v soñz sč az I Šot ɖ Šerif n Prpl Rên, inṭsprst bî xwtešnz in Pwčgīz. Ɖz r cmbînd wɖ ilectronic drônz n dijitl ifcts t cunjr p a vižn ɖt z az wirdli omiṇs az it z abstract.
Plīz nôt eḷmnts v ɖs xibišn cnten adultcontent n ṗrentl gîdns z advîzd. Ɖ xibišn z acumṗnid bî a publicešn, prîst £10, wɖ txt bî indipndnt kretr, raitr n ātist Gabi Ncôbo. Vizit Îcon’z onlîn šop fr ɖ fl renj v Îcon’z caṭlogz n limitd idišnz.
Îcon, in c̣laḅrešn wɖ Nuova Icona, priznts a projct cmbînñ Nastiu Mscītu’z filmz n pfwmnsz at ɖ 56ʈ Bienāle di Venezia (Me–Ōġst 2015) at ɖ Oratorio di San Ludovico, S. Basilio.
Nastiu Mscītu’z xibišn z ṣpwtd bî ɖ Sindica Dcôlo Fândešn.”
Māc Brân, Đ GĀDỊN, 4 Febrri 2015
Naṭli Heġti, ĀTSLANT
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