{"id":79200,"date":"2025-04-16T07:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/?page_id=79200"},"modified":"2025-04-16T07:48:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:48:56","slug":"melanelle-b-c-hemefa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/revisions\/melanelle-b-c-hemefa\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanelle B.C. Hemefa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"block block-copy\" style=\"text-align: left\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n                            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2\">\n                    <div class=\"box\">\n                        <h2  >Melanelle B.C. H\u00e9m\u00eafa: re*vision of Joseph Vernet: Greek Lady at her Toilet, 1755<\/h2>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy editor\"><p><strong>Unremarkable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I move within your shadow,<br \/>\nnurturing your body, your spirit and your thoughts,<br \/>\nplucking, arranging, tending the fragments of your being.<br \/>\nGently, thoughtfully, yielding,<br \/>\nI nourish your fantasies.<\/p>\n<p>Your gaze brushes past me fleetingly,<br \/>\nsliding contentedly through the space I inhabit.<br \/>\nMy body cries out:<br \/>\nDo you see me?<br \/>\nWho am I to you?<br \/>\nYet no sound escapes,<br \/>\nno word releases me from the thoughts<br \/>\nthat wander beneath my skin.<br \/>\nUnspoken truths<br \/>\ntug at my core,<br \/>\nrevealing buried realities.<\/p>\n<p>My existence flows through every moment of yours.<br \/>\nI am the hand that lifts you,<br \/>\nthe breath that helps you thrive.<br \/>\nMy ability fuels the light you radiate.<\/p>\n<p>How long can a shadow linger<br \/>\nbefore the light seeks it?<\/p>\n<p>How long can a soul cry out<br \/>\nbefore it shatters the silence?<\/p>\n<p>How long can I exist<br \/>\nwithout truly being?<\/p>\n                        \n\n                        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-media  block-media-medium\" >\n    \n            <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n            <div class=\"row center-xs\">\n                <div class=\"col-xs col-sm-6\">\n                    <div class=\"box play-container external-content-wrapper\">\n                        <div class=\"block-media-wrapper\">\n                            <div id=\"media_69fca8e09def4\">\n                                \t<div class=\"lazy-media\" id=\"media_69fca8e09e502\">\n\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-copyright\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-copyright-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lazy-media-copyright-content-empty\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"pointer-events: none; user-select: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\"  style=\"padding-bottom:76.09375%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"lazy-media-data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"kunsthallekarlsruhe-vernet-toilette-der-griechin-300x228.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":228,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":108061},\"large\":{\"file\":\"kunsthallekarlsruhe-vernet-toilette-der-griechin-1024x779.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":779,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":929501},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"kunsthallekarlsruhe-vernet-toilette-der-griechin-150x114.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":114,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":39858},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"kunsthallekarlsruhe-vernet-toilette-der-griechin-768x584.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":584,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":539120},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"kunsthallekarlsruhe-vernet-toilette-der-griechin-720x548.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":548,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":482333},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"kunsthallekarlsruhe-vernet-toilette-der-griechin-1280x974.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":974,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1385929},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"kunsthallekarlsruhe-vernet-toilette-der-griechin-1536x1169.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1169,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1930889},\"original\":{\"file\":\"kunsthallekarlsruhe-vernet-toilette-der-griechin.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1461}},\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : \"\",\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : \"\",\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : \"\"\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-wrapper\" id=\"image_69fca8e09e503\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"On the river bank, in front of a balustrade with vase decorations, a noble dressed woman. A white and a black servant hairdress her and wash her feet. A city backdrop in the background.\" title=\"Vernet: The Greek Woman&amp;#8217;s Toilet\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/kunsthallekarlsruhe-vernet-toilette-der-griechin.jpg\" alt=\"On the river bank, in front of a balustrade with vase decorations, a noble dressed woman. A white and a black servant hairdress her and wash her feet. A city backdrop in the background.\" title=\"Vernet: The Greek Woman&amp;#8217;s Toilet\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/noscript>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <div class=\"block-media-wrapper-content external-content-play-button\">\n                                <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n                                    <div class=\"row center-xs\">\n                                        <div class=\"col-xs text-align-left\">\n                                                                                                                                <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\" style=\"text-align: left\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n                        <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy editor\"><h3>Melanelle B. C. H\u00e9m\u00eafa<\/h3>\n<p>As a Cr\u00e9atrice Melanelle B. C. H\u00e9m\u00eafa (elle\/she\/sie) is an author, spoken word artist, lecturer, consultant and curator who merges interdisciplinary approaches and intersectional perspectives. Her calling lies in writing and speaking, with a focus on topics such as Afro-diasporic life and creation, mental health, emotional literacy and inclusive structures. She has been bringing her expertise to projects, organizations and stages since 2020. She speaks, thinks and loves in Ewe, French, German and English.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: melanelle.hemefa<\/p>\n<p>Video statement by Melanelle B. C. H\u00e9m\u00eafa on Joseph Vernet: <em>Greek Lady at her Toilet<\/em>, 1755 supported by the \u2018Weiterkommen!\u2019 programme of Zentrum f\u00fcr Kulturelle Teilhabe Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg.<\/p>\n                        \n\n                        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":56603,"parent":79223,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-79200","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79854,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79200\/revisions\/79854"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}