Contact:
Instagram: @hoodwhimsy
Based in:
London (UK)
Bio:
Sibahle Serpent is a multidisciplinary artist of South African origin who uses filmmaking, writing and photography to document and celebrate black joy and gender euphoria. Serpent’s process is informed by an ode to the elders who’ve nurtured them – uMam’Siya, uMankomo noZotsho. Their practice has now grown to include autoethnographic accounts, archival research, and community engagement. His work is tender and fierce, continuously evolving and changing form.
Context:
Serpent is a 2024 graduate of BA Anthropology & Visual Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London, and got involved with the platform through the university network, before the collective was officially formed.
KONTEKST:
2023: Sibahle heleped facilitate the Visual Anthropology Films showcase, which featured their film Practices in Building Black Queer Futurity.
PROJECTS:
Practices in Building Black Queer Futurity (2023)
Video essay · 3:21 · UK · English
A transpilled experimental film that interrogates the future and survival of black queerness through personal reflection, automated editing features, generative AI and vision board making
Screened at Visual Anthropology Films (Nov 2023).
Read more about the project and watch the full film here.