BULUKU is the new creation for young audiences by Cape Verdean artist Djam Neguin. The performance is hosted and produced by Companhia Clara Andermatt as part of its strategy to promote, mentor, and support emerging creators.
Drawing on in-depth research into African creation stories and using artificial intelligence and virtual reality software as creative tools, Djam Neguin conceives a multimedia performance that combines live performance with projected audiovisual content (video mapping). The result is a poetic and sensory experience that brings together different artistic languages, creating an immersive and engaging environment accessible to young and family audiences.
The project extends into a series of outreach activities that expand its transdisciplinary dimension, including a post-performance “Talking Circle” and the workshop “My Astronaut Self and the Metaverse,” focused on character creation.
Buluku is a performance full of adventures. We travel through space with a curious and playful afronaut who creates planets, invents dances, and asks big questions such as: “Where does the world come from?”
On stage, there are toys, moving images, lights, sounds, and a body constantly at play. All these elements come together to create worlds inspired by ancient African stories about the origin of the world.
In Buluku, there are no right answers. There is imagination, movement, and discovery — a performance for children and adults to watch, feel, and journey through together.
- Djam Neguin
Recognizing in Djam Neguin a singular artistic voice, rooted in African traditions and open to contemporaneity, Companhia Clara Andermatt produces his new creation, BULUKU, developed in close collaboration with the artist.
This project reflects the Company’s mission to promote diversity, dialogue, and critical thinking. It also continues its relationship with Cape Verde, initiated in 1994, and marks the Company’s first production specifically directed at young and family audiences.