N.E.G.R.O. – Nhaga & Erista Growing ’n Reaching Out
Lighting & video design
2019
The Theater Academy, University of Arts Helsinki
Text, directing, performance: Geoffrey Erista
Text: Geoffrey Erista & Laura Eklund Nhaga
Costume design: Mirva Mietala
Sound design: Onni Pirkola
Lighting design: Alpi Vaalaja
Video design: Eeti Piiroinen & Alpi Vaalaja
The piece is a autobiographical, based on Erista’s life.
It zooms in on the racialized body and Black masculinity while examining the experience of a person of African descent growing up in Finland.
