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African Futures: Africa’s Speculative Futures and New Imaginaries
“What kind of speculative futures do artists from different disciplines imagine? Much thought-provoking work has been produced when artists engage with ideas of the future and how contemporary realities in Africa potentially provide answers to questions yet to come.”
On the 29 of October, 2015, PASS will be streaming the panel discussion “Africa’s Speculative Futures and New Imaginaries” that features Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroun) as the keynote speaker, and Sherif Adel (Egypt), Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum (Botswana/ South Africa) and Faustin Linyekula (DRC) as panel respondents.
Listen to this talk on PASS. 29/10/2015. 10am-12pm
Jean-Pierre Bekolo is a highly-lauded, controversial filmmaker from the Cameroun. His debut film (released in 1992), Quartier Mozart’s sardonic and witty style garnered much attention at the Cannes Film Festival and introduced an alternative style to the typical “West African Epic Film” favoured by the west. He has had six titles in his real, including a documentary and TV series.
Read Jean-Pierre Bekolo in Let’s face it: we’re in over our heads. We need the white folks to come back, published in the Chronic.
Sherif Adel is is a multidisciplinary designer, art director and illustrator living and working in Cairo. In this interview he discusses his first serialised comic story, the satirical, science-fiction Foot 3aleyna Bokra” (or “Pass By Tomorrow”).
Pamelo Phatsimo Sunstrum is an artist and creative researcher working in the fields of drawing, animation, installation and performance. This article published on Africa is a Country engages with her work and interest in “exploring the political possibilities of imagining and occupying what she calls “Mythologies of the Future.””
Faustin Linyekula is a Congolese dancer and choreographer based in DRC. In this conversation with Stacy Hardy, he discusses “birthing new spaces for dreaming ‘other ways of breathing’ in a city where the boundaries between life and death are made bare”.
Listen to this talk on PASS. 29/10/2015. 10am-12pm
PASS landing at The Showroom, London
In the first week of October (7-11) 2015, PASS presented a live broadcasting programme of music, interviews and events with Chimurenga collaborators, The Otolith Collective (Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar), in London. Areas of interest included the work of photographer George Hallett – who used the book jacket and record sleeve as a curated exhibition space during the apartheid era; a critical look at the concept of and crude distinction drawn between Sub-Saharan and Arab Africa; and FESTAC ’77, the Second World Black and …
PASS in Paris: Jean-Pierre Bekolo
From lesbian vampire sci-fi flicks to alternative tips for how to mine the continent, Jean-Pierre Bekolo is a unique voice in 21st century cinema. He is the author of titles including Quartier Mozart (1992), Le complot d’Aristotle (1996), Les Saignantes (2005), and Mudimbe’s Things and Words (2015). Bekolo lives and works in Yaounde. Many of his films and more are available to watch via Bekolo’s Kino TV channel. His movements can also be followed via bekolopress.wordpress.com. During the PASS pop-up in Paris, Bekolo will sit with director Mwezé …
PASS Pop-UP in Paris
From September 17 – 19, the Pan African Space Station (PASS) will Pop-UP inside the gallery of Fondation Cartier, Paris with live programming that explores the past-present-future of Congolese music cultures. This intervention is part of the exhibition Beauté Congo – 1926-2015 – Congo Kitoko. Participating artists in the PASS Pop-UP in Paris include Ray Lema, Elikia M’bokolo, Syllart Records, Afrikaada Magazine, Baloji, Shenguen Shegue, Kongo Astronauts, Christine Eyene. Contributions will also be beamed in from New York, Montreal and Kinshasa …
Gospel Christian Porn Rap: FOKN Bois
This installment of Stories about Music in Africa was produced and performed by Ghanaian rap-duo FOKN Bois (Wanlov the Kublor and M3NSA). Stories about Music in Africa is an ongoing project of the Pan African Space Station.
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Revolting Songs: Neo Muyanga
This installment of Stories about Music in Africa features South African musician and composer Neo Muyanga. Stories about Music in Africa is an ongoing project of the Pan African Space Station. Special thanks to Brundyn+ Gallery and Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism.
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A Comet is Coming: Shabaka Hutchings & The Brother Moves On
This installment of Stories about Music in Africa features Shabaka Hutchings and The Brother Moves On (Raytheon Moorvan, Siyabonga Mthembu, Zelizwe Mthembu, Simphiwe Tshabalala and Ayanda Zalekile) Stories About Music In Africa is a series of Pan African Space Station transmissions, concert-lectures, recorded at the Chimurenga headquarters in Cape Town as well as satellite locations across the African world.
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Wanlov the Kubolor live at Slave Church, PASS 2009
From the PASS archives, Wanlov, one half of FOKN Bois, with band back in ’09. Makganwana Mokgalong recalls the experience(s). My first Wanlov the Kubolor experience was not quite an out of body experience, possibly not a once in a lifetime one either but a firmly unique experience it definitely was. From the back of the room all I could see was the back of people’s heads, and I numbed my irritation by convincing myself that I did not hear music with …
Your Own Hand Sold You
Nakhane takes em to Church
Taking his first pilgrimage to the Grahamstown carnival, our PASS Chi-laaitie Joshua Adams reports on South Africa’s much hyped prince of pop. The cold, dimly lit venue had a pious calm to it. Blue and orange back-lights illuminate the set of drums, a keyboard, a couple guitars, and laptop, as the performer Nakhane Touré prepared to rock the crowd. It made sense that everyone was sitting, listening attentively as if this show was mass and the stage was the altar. Touré is playing at St. Aidan’s …