He was born in Douala, Cameroon, lives in France since the age of 12, and works in Paris, Brussels and New York City.

[1] In 1975, Bidjocka and his family move to Paris where he studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts.

Cameroonian processions and ceremonies characterize his work, adopting metaphors to make the artist think about loss and absence, on the one hand, and about ecstasy and suspended desire, on the other.

There are now existing 7 books of the work; one participated at the 52nd Venice Biennale African Pavilion inside the exhibition Check List - Luanda Pop.

Bidjocka created the piece by placing 16 flags around the city of Dakar, each one with two parallel lines representing the 'pause' symbol printed on them.