Yellow Bird (Choucoune)

"With Yellow Bird (Choucoune), Felisha Carénage engages with the figure of the Moko Jumbie—a Caribbean stilt-walking spirit guardian with roots in West African traditions. The one-off public performance unfolds on Auguststraße, between KW’s front house and Kunst Raum Mitte, the two institutions hosting the 2025/26 BPA// exhibition, in which the artist participates. Drawing on the song Yellow Bird from the Caribbean musical repertoire, as an invocation, Carénage creates an embodied sonic interruption. Her personal and historical connections to Moko Jumbies, to Europe, and to the audience unsettle binaries tied to belonging and kinship. A presence both haunting and grounding, Carénage and the Moko Jumbie glitch Creole memory into Berlin’s public space."

- adapted from the programme information at KW Institute for Contemporary Art.