Description: CHOKRA (شكرا) is an artist presenting works full of joy. The artist lives and works between Paris, France and London, United Kingdom.
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شكرا (noun) the quality of being thankful, expressing gratitude, to show appreciation for and to return kindness.
CHOKRA performs Zawaj Al Khaleej (Gulf Marriage), New York on October 24, 2014. © CHOKRA
Celebrated multimedia performance artist CHOKRA ( شكرا ) harnesses music, rhymes, light, pyrotechnics, video, scents, vivid powders, traditional ceremonial practices and attire to present performances full of joy that challenge the status quo. “I am motivated by following the path of joy,” the artist says. “I am interested in art that reflects the time we live in, considers consciousness in [its] entirety and situates the potentialities of the future in a rendition that is unapologetic and unafraid of the r