Simon Birch

Amazwi ka-Oliver Monaghan

Akukho okumile. Kuwo wonke amangqamuzana nezinto eziphilayo kukhona ukunyakaza. Kuzo zonke izidalwa, zonke isilwane phezu kwalesi sixuku samadwala anyakazayo kukhona ukunyakaza. Umhlaba ngokwawo usemzileni welanga elinyakazayo, obekwe phakathi komthala okhula njalo. Ukunyakaza kuyisisekelo. Iwumthombo ogcwele ugqozi olungapheli. Futhi kuSimon Birch ukunyakaza kungumnyuziyamu wakhe. Futhi ngenkathi umsebenzi wakhe uphenya ukunyakaza maqondana ne-corporeal kinesis, kulungile ukusho ukuthi yindaba ebilokhu idlala indima enkulu empilweni kaBirch.

Ukuvela ekuqaleni okuthobekile, u-birch wazalelwa eBrighton, eNgilandi ku 1969 futhi waqala ukusebenzisa indlela ependiwe adume ngayo esemncane. Lapho esemusha u-birch wabaleka edolobheni lakubo emthunzini wedivosi yabazali bakhe. Ukusukela ohambweni lwasemhlabeni wonke ube uziphilisa ngokusebenza njengo-DJ nomgqugquzeli wamakilabhu ahlukahlukene. Phakathi kwa- 1997 UBirch wafika eHong Kong, esebenza izinsuku zakhe ekwakhiweni kwebhuloho iTsing Ma ngenkathi ecija amakhono akhe njengengcweti ngesikhathi sakhe sokuphumula. Kwaphela iminyaka emihlanu edonsa kanzima ukuze adayise umsebenzi wakhe, kepha, njenganoma yini okufanele yenziwe, ukuphikelela bekubalulekile futhi useke wabukisa emibukisweni eyedwa neyeqembu emhlabeni jikelele. Ukukhuphuka ngezinga lemakethe yezobuciko yamazwe ngamazwe ngethalente elingahluziwe kuphela, ukuwina imiklomelo efana ne-Sovereign Prize Manfred Schoeni Award 2004 kanye ne-Louis Vuitton Asian Art Prize in 2007.

I-octane ephezulu ngokujabulisayo, Isitayela somdwebo ka-Birch esicacile sithwebula izimo zesifundo sakhe sokudlula ngokomzwelo ngokunemba okumangalisayo. Amaphaneli asebenzayo anombala ohlukile kukhanvasi ngebhulashi nommese wephalethi ukuze akhe isithombe esingabonisi umzimba onyakazayo kuphela., kodwa ekugcineni ihlanganisa yona kanye ingqikithi yabahleli bakhe. Indlela yakhe yokukhuluma efuna ngempela ukunaka kombukeli wayo, ewabamba ngegobolondo lentamo ebathululela ugqozi lokuphila. simon-birch.com