Andi Colombo

Thirty whole years of @naledi_majola ! Grateful to know you, to love you, to learn from you, to laugh with you, to sing with you and eat with you and cry with you and make art with you and be with you !! The world is brighter because I love you! Thank you for choosing me again and again to be your friend. Thank you for always grouping and ungrouping forever with me.

Photo evidence: I am in Switzerland (ok fine that last photo was taken in Germany) @naledi_majola took most of these, I think the last one was @kanya.viljoen

CHORUSCORE OPEN STUDIO by @groupingandungroupingforever at @airrotefabrik Are you ready? Are you ready? IT'S CHORUS TIME! Hi! We’re Grouping and Ungrouping Forever, a South African performance-making duo made up of Naledi Majola and Andi Colombo. We’re in residency at Rote Fabrik with our work, Choruscore. And we’re doing a showing of our work in an open studio! WHEN: 20 March 2026 at 19:00. WHERE: Rote Fabrik Studio A1.010, Seestrasse 395, Zürich. FEE: None. RSVP: [email protected] LANGUAGE: This performance will be in English. Please note there will be a question and answer session after the showing. Please note that the venue is wheelchair accessible. ✨️ Hey, it's nice to hear from you. You know, you don't have to do it all alone.  In Choruscore, we perform movement, text, and song, drawing from adapted elements of theatrical chorus. Using elements like repetition, multi-voice text creation, and task-based performance, we try to create a chorus between the two of us and with the audience. What initiates a chorus? How do we build a group out of individuals? How do we prioritize the attempt at coming together while accommodating the possibility of failure? Choruscore asks how interdisciplinary performance can build community.  The open studio will also include contributions from various artists around Europe who we've been building a chorus with via the post.  See you soon!  Poster design by Ntobeko Ximba. (@phuphemini ) Special thanks to Rote Fabrik, The Swiss Arts Council and Pro Helvetia Johannesburg. The original iteration of Choruscore was made in partnership with The Live Art Arcade #prohelvetia_johannesburg #swissartscouncil #prohelvetia_residency

Traces of a beautiful weekend. Thank you to everyone who participated in the @groupingandungroupingforever workshop @airrotefabrik #prohelvetia_johannesburg #prohelvetia_residency #swissartscouncil @prohelvetia_johannesburg @prohelvetia @rotefabrik @andiicolombo @naledi_majola ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Performance 08 March! 18.00 at @rotefabrik studio A1010 Come and join us as the participants of the @groupingandungroupingforever workshop this weekend share what they’ve been working on as a group! #prohelvetia_johannesburg #prohelvetia_residency #swissartscouncil @andiicolombo @naledi_majola @airrotefabrik

@groupingandungroupingforever (comprising @naledi_majola and @andiicolombo ) is currently in residency at @airrotefabrik with support from @prohelvetia_johannesburg and @prohelvetia , developing their project, Choruscore. Pictured: 1. In studio, working on movement creation. 2. ⁠In studio, working on The Beatles. 3 & 4 Studio textures. 5. In studio, working on floorplans. 6. ⁠Naledi contemplates the workshop planning. 7. ⁠Natascha Moschini in a studio visit. @nataschamoschini 8. Studio textures. 9. ⁠In studio, working on musical scores. 10. ⁠Studio textures. “Are you ready? Are you ready? It’s Chorus Time.” Choruscore is an interdisciplinary performance that draws from adapted elements of theatrical chorus, combining movement, text, and song.“Choruscore” is a term we coined for the essential ingredients of theatrical chorus, including repetition, multi-layering, multi-voice text creation, and the presence of multiple perspectives in one body. We are researching how to sustain cross-border collaboration, using the internet and multimedia performance as a vehicle, to create a chorus in real time, at times between us as a pair and at times between us and the audience. We believe the chorus is a model for inclusiveness and community. Using chorus, we aim to make a group out of individuals. This group does not always have to agree, but the attempt at connection is more important than achieving consensus. As the performance progresses, the audience becomes part of our chorus. This work was originally created as part of @liveartarcade and is being further developed with support from Pro Helvetia Johannesburg, the Swiss Arts Council and Rote Fabrik. #prohelvetia_johannesburg #swissartscouncil #prohelvetia_residency

Grouping and Ungrouping Forever heading into the final month of their residency at @airrotefabrik ! Good times in the studio and out in the world 🎤🛴💙 #prohelvetia_johannesburg #swissartscouncil #prohelvetia_residency

5 years together today ❤️ it’s our first anniversary spent apart and also our first as fiancé and fiancée I love you @phuphemini !

Join @groupingandungroupingforever for a workshop on 7 and 8 March at @rotefabrik @airrotefabrik ! We will be creating an original performance together using tools from choruscore! Link to sign up in bio ❤️ please note there are limited spots so sign up soon! — CHORUSCORE: collaborative tools for making performance [Workshop] Presented by Rote Fabrik, The Swiss Arts Council and Pro Helvetia Johannesburg Are you ready? Are you ready? IT’S CHORUS TIME! Hi! We’re Grouping and Ungrouping Forever, a South African performance-making duo made up of Naledi Majola and Andi Colombo. We’re in residency at Rote Fabrik with our work, Choruscore. And we’re doing a workshop! WHO: Artists interested in creating performance together. This includes performers, dancers, musicians, fine artists, writers – any kind of creative! You don’t have to be a professional artist to attend! WHEN: 7 and 8 March 2026. 11:00-17:00 both days, with a free showing for the public at 18:00 on the 8th. WHERE: Rote Fabrik Studio A1.010. FEE: None. REGISTER: Via Google form here - https://forms.gle/UkGPEKAV9wgqhaUu5 or at the link in bio! LANGUAGE: This workshop will be held in English but you can create/perform in any language you wish! So, what will we be doing? Choruscore is our method of using tools that we’ve taken from theatrical chorus as a way to make performance. In this workshop, we’ll go through some of these tools, and make a performance together. We’ll share that performance on the Sunday evening. Choruscore is all about working with what you have and celebrating the ways that we can connect with each other through performance. Looking forward to seeing you there! #prohelvetia_johannesburg #swissartscouncil #prohelvetia_residency @prohelvetia_johannesburg @prohelvetia @andiicolombo @naledi_majola The original iteration of choruscore was created for and with support of @liveartarcade Graphics by @phuphemini

Join @groupingandungroupingforever on 11 Feb for a night of karaoke at @airrotefabrik Come sing along with us 🎤🎤🎶🎸🎹🎼 Bring and share! 11 Feb from 19.00 @rotefabrik DM us for details or questions! @andiicolombo @naledi_majola

We warmly welcome Naledi Majola and Andi Colmbo at Rote Fabrik, who will be with us from January until March. @naledi_majola @andiicolombo @groupingandungroupingforever Grouping and Ungrouping Forever is an artistic partnership comprising South African artists Andi Colombo and Naledi Majola, formed in 2019. They work in the discipline of performing arts. This partnership’s primary interest is in performance-making methodologies and so, their praxis consists of interdisciplinary explorations of performance-making, including freewriting, movement improvisations, and Viewpoints. Since 2022, they have been working from a distance with Andi based in Cape Town and Naledi in Berlin. “Are you ready? Are you ready? It’s Chorus Time.” “Choruscore” is a term we coined for the essential ingredients of theatrical chorus, including repetition, multi-layering, multi-voice text creation, and the presence of multiple perspectives in one body. We are researching how to sustain cross-border collaboration, using the internet, performance, and media art as a vehicle, and creating a virtual chorus. In this work, the chorus is the site of research. It is a sometimes unified, sometimes self-contradicting body made up of singular parts. How much can the internet hold our ideas and make space for collaboration, and when does it fail us? How can the chorus be a model for inclusiveness and how can we use it to reach the audience too, allowing them to join us in chorus? The residency is realised and supported by IG Rote Fabrik and the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia Johannesburg @prohelvetia_johannesburg Images 3 & 4: Ntobeko Ximba @phuphemini Images 2 & 5: Zivanai Matangi #prohelvetia_johannesburg, #SwissArtsCouncil #prohelvetia_residency #rotefabrikzürich #rotefabrik #artistinresidence

Libraries are a quiet chorus Communicating in whispers of shushed pages. Choruscore in process. Week 2. #prohelvetia_johannesburg #swissartscouncil #prohelvetia_residency