crazinisT artisT
Biography
Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi (1981, Ghana), aka crazinisT artisT, is a trans woman with the pronoun sHit, if not She. Va-Bene works internationally as a multidisciplinary "artivist", curator, philanthropist and mentor in several countries. In her work, crazinisT explores gender stereotypes, prejudice, queerness, identity politics and conflicts, sexual stigmatization and their consequences for marginalized groups or individuals. Using rituals and a gender-fluid persona, she uses her own body as food for thought in performances, photography, video and installations, "life-and-live-art" that addresses issues such as disempowerment, injustice, violence, objectification, internalized oppression, anti-blackness and systemic indoctrination. crazinisT artisT is the founder and artistic director of perfocraZe International Artists Residency (pIAR), which aims to promote exchange between international and local artists, activists, researchers, curators and thinkers.