STEFFANI JEMISON
Knowledge of the elements

Jan 13, 2026 | 7 PM

Lafayette Anticipations, Paris
9, rue du Plâtre 75004

Presented in collaboration between Centre Pompidou and Lafayette Anticipations, Steffani Jemison's new performance questions orientation – our way of placing ourselves in space, as a fundamentally horizontal relationship capable of opening up non-hierarchical and interconnected modes of perception.

By adapting the children's game “Marco Polo”, Jemison transforms a playful exchange into a prolonged meditation on language, listening and movement. Performers JaLeel Marques Porcha and Andros Zins-Browne use repetition and play to explore how black life and black geographies are often ignored or rendered elusive by colonial frameworks, and how other forms of relationship can emerge.

The performance is followed by a lecture by Line Ajan, a member of the Qalqalah collective.

To learn more, visit Centre Pompidou's website.