nora chipaumire

Anti-genre artist originally from Mutare, Zimbabwe, nora chipaumire creates work that draws from Zimbabwean culture and Shona legends, incorporating influences from dub music and punk aesthetics. For over ten years, she has been developing nhaka (“heritage, legacy” in Shona), a technique, physical manifesto, and decolonial animist practice rooted in Shona culture, which invites us to experience other ways of inhabiting the body and to rethink the connections uniting humans with the natural and spiritual worlds. 

Created at Tate Modern in London in June 2026 as a performed installation, “gadzi” refers to “Gadziguru”, a major ancestral female figure in Shona culture, associated with the earth, ancestors, and creation. gadzi—a Paris chapter reinvents itself at the Fondation Cartier by unfolding within the works of Ibrahim Mahama. Surrounded by long-standing collaborators, both dancers and musicians, nora chipaumire transforms the space into an environment to be physically experienced, through sounds, music, dance, movement, and audience circulation. 

gadzi—a Paris chapter

Concept, Design, Creative Direction: nora chipaumire  
With: nora chipaumire, Joyce Delores Edwards, Tatenda Chabarwa, SoKo Jena, Fatima Katiji, David Gagliardi  
Sound Design, Engineering: Vusumuzi Moyo  
Technical Direction: Irene Paëtzug  
Company Management: Amélie Gaulier, jay beardsley  
Tour, Company Management: Laetitia Tshombe 

Production: nora chipaumire inc  
gadzi—a Paris chapter is a commissioned work by TATE / Infinities Commission  
Residency: Callie’s Berlin  
nora chipaumire is supported by the Mellon Foundation