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PASS at La Colonie in Paris Daily Runnings
Chimurenga returns to Paris for a 5-day intervention and installation at La Colonie. From December 13 – 17, 2017, we will install a live radio station and a research library, and host talks, screenings and performances that asks ‘Who Killed Kabila?’, as the starting point for an in-depth investigation into power, territory and the creative imagination.
Thursday 14 December
16.00 – Journalist Percy Nzomuya examines the involvement of Zimbabwe in the DRC wars, and its impact in the subsequent political crisis in Zimbabwe.
17.00 – Drawing from Requiem for Revolution, her film trilogy about the African liberation struggle, Jihan El-Tahri (and guests) look at the players in the DRC wars and the motives behind the assassination of Kabila.
18.00 – DJ and label boss (Nouvelle Ambiance, Sofrito) Hugo Mendez investigates the pan African music scene of Paris in the 1980s. In conversation with producer Cyriaque Bassoka – the man behind many of the soukouss records of the period.
19.00 – Univers Rumba Congolaise
22.00 until late – J Boddhi Satva Live. Renown as the founding father of Ancestral Soul, French producer and DJ Boddhi Satva’s music combines a deep seated spirituality with soul music, house rhythms and numerous African music styles.
Who Killed Kabila
The Pan African Space Station/Chimurenga Library at La Colonie, Paris 13 December – 17 December 2018 Chimurenga returns to Paris for a 5-day intervention and installation at La Colonie. From December 13 – 17, 2017, we will install a live radio station and a research library, and host talks, screenings and performances that asks ‘Who Killed Kabila ?’, as the starting point for an in-depth investigation into power, territory and the creative imagination. The equation is simple: the length of …
PASS in Harare Daily Runnings: Sunday 12 November
Sunday 12 November 15:00 – ‘Post- Chimurenga Postures (pt. 2)’ with Sbu ‘The General’ Nxumalo & Dwayne Kapula 16:00 – ‘Meditations on Development’ with vocalist and songwriter Netsayi 17:00 – ‘We Need New Names’ – In conversation with artist Kudzanai Chiurai 18:00 – Tinofireyi Zhou’s ‘Somewhere Between North and South Samora’ featuring poet and writer Cynthia Marangwanda aka flowchyld 20:00 – The Monkey Nuts present ‘Music Lab Experiment’, an experimental recording session. For more, follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/Mixcloud Save Save Save
PASS in Harare Daily Runnings: Saturday 11 November
Saturday 11 November 15:00 – ‘Zim-Congo Connexion’ with Tinofireyi Zhou in conversation with Ntone Edjabe. 16:00 – 18:00 – ‘Post Chimurenga Postures’ with Sbu ‘The General’ Nxumalo & Dwayne Kapula. 18:00 – Tinofireyi Zhou’s ‘Somewhere Between North and South Samora’ featuring poet and beatmaker Aspya & spoken word artist Rae Lyric. 19:00 – Rob Machiri’s ‘Listening to a Listening at Pungwe Nights’. 20:00 – The Monkey Nuts LIVE performance. For more, follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/Mixcloud Save
PASS in Harare Daily Runnings: Friday 10 November
Friday 10 November 15:00 – 17:00 – ‘Post-Chimurenga Postures’ (pt. 1) with Sbu ‘The General’ Nxumalo & Dwayne Kapula 17:00 – Listening session with Virgina Phiri & Tinofireyi Zhou 18:00 – 18:30 – Tinofireyi Zhou’s ‘Somewhere Between North and South Samora’ feat. guest Shingirayi Sabeta 18:30 – 20:00 – Rob Machiri’s ‘Pungwe Nights’ 20:00 – The Monkey Nuts with guest Dj Motomuzhinji Save
PASS in Harare Daily Runnings: Thursday 9 November
Day 1 of PASS in Harare! Pan African Space Station (PASS) officially lands in The National Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) – broadcasting LIVE from 9 – 12 November, 15:00 – 21:00 (CAT) daily. Kudzanai Chiurai will launch his first ever solo exhibition in his home country this afternoon at the gallery titled ‘We Need New Names’. Join us at NGZ or via our live stream. Thursday 9 November 15:00 – PASS opening/music selection 16:00 – Njabulo Mbono and Irene Staunton …
PASS Landing at National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
From 9 – 12 November, the Pan African Space Station (PASS) landed in The National Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) in the centre of Harare. In collaboration with visual artist Kudzanai Chiurai, who launched his first ever solo exhibition in his home country titled ‘We Need New Names’, Chimurenga installed the PASS studio as a public research platform towards a Zimbabwe focused issue of the Chimurenga Chronic. Looking into the inventions of Zimbabwe, the programming examined music as the paradigm through which the …
PASS in Mexico: Champeta Punk
Champeta Punk will be residents of the Pan African Space Station LIVE from Mexico City from 31 October – 5 November (no broadcast on Wednesday 1 November due to Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead), everyday from 16:00 – 20:00 (CDT). Tune in via www.panafricanspacestation.org.za Champeta Punk is a party collective based in Mexico City and Bogotá. Started in 2013 by two Colombians living in Mexico City, David Rincon and Fabian Vega, the …
PASS in Mexico: Cooperativa Cráter Invertido
Cooperative Cráter Invertido will be residents of the Pan African Space Station LIVE from Mexico City from 25 – 29 October, everyday from 16:00 – 20:00 (CDT). Tune in via www.panafricanspacestation.org.za Cooperativa Cráter Invertido is an imaginary space that often materializes in San Rafael, Mexico City. In this imaginary territory, the cooperative explores various collaborative projects, including the ‘Editorial Production Workshop’, a collective of editorial projects dedicated to the reflection and critical practice of trade and consumerism; and ‘Radio Tropiezo’, a free online …
FEMALE EJACULATION WORKSHOP – Live on PASS
(read Spanish version below) with Diana J. Torres aka Pornoterrorista and guests, and with sound manipulations by Constanza Piña THU Oct 19, 21:30 local time Mexico City For centuries medical science has been the enemy of of the body and sexuality of women, silencing anatomic realities and pathologizing everything that doesn’t fit in the phallocratic and heteronormative, binary division of gender roles. This workshop aims at revealing one of the most controversial aspects of vaginas: their ejaculation. And at the …
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