PASS Melbourne
PASS landing at MUMA, Melbourne
From 11-13 April 2019, the Pan African Space Station landed in the stolen and occupied land of the Boonwurrung (of the Kulin nation), in what is known today as Australia.
Invited by Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) as part of an exhibition entitled Shapes of Knowledge, PASS explored “Black Australia” historical and current connections to pan Africanism and their participation in FESTAC ’77 – the 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture which took place in Lagos in 1977. Our publication on FESTAC will be released later this year.
We give thanks to our collaborators Sista Zai Zanda, who presented a daily show exploring different perspectives on community making in Australia for Africans in collaboration with Naomi Velaphi, Ziimusic and N’fa Jones; rapper and vocalist Lady Lash; pioneering Aboriginal reggae artist Bart Willoughby; composer, singer, trumpeter Olugbade Okunade, featuring musician and producer Enoch Ogiemwanre; multidisciplinary artist Torika Bolatagici who installed her ongoing library project The Community Reading Room; Stani Goma for “Music of the Black Struggle in Australia”, in collaboration with Jason Tamiru.
PASS in Melbourne: Stani Goma
Radio producer and presenter Stani Goma joins us on the Pan African Space Station, LIVE from MUMA in Melbourne from 11-13 April. Stani Goma grew up in Brazzaville and has been involved in community radio since arriving in Australia in 1990. He is the presenter and producer of Flight 1067 to Africa on PBS which features music and news from all over Africa. Over the years Stani has interviewed many African musicians such as Hugh Masekela, Youssou N’dour, Angélique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Papa …
PASS in Melbourne: Olugbade Okunade
Composer, singer and trumpeter Olugbade Okunade joins us on the Pan African Space Station LIVE from MUMA in Melbourne for a live performance featuring Enoch Ogiemwanre on Thursday 11 April from 17:30 -18:00 (AEST). Part of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s Egypt 80 (led by Seun Kuti) for 14 years, Olugbade Okunade, now based in Melbourne, is passionate about staying true to the form of Nigerian Afrobeat. His band, Alárìíyá presents a unique style that draws on funk, juju, highlife and afrobeat and is fast becoming a well …
PASS in Melbourne: Sista Zai Zanda
Storyteller, educator, curator and radio presenter Sista Zai Zanda joins us on the Pan African Space Station, LIVE from MUMA in Melbourne from 11-13 April. Zimbabwean born and raised Sista Zai is an active and respected member of the arts and cultural community in Melbourne. Since 2015, she has hosted and curated the Pan Afrikan Poets Café, a pop-up literary event combining beats, performance and poetry by and about African and First Nations’ artists and storytellers. Sista Zai …
PASS in Melbourne: Lady Lash
Vocalist and rapper Lady Lash, joins us on the Pan African Space Station LIVE from MUMA in Melbourne for a live performance on Friday 12 April from 17:00 – 18:00 (AEST). Hip hop and jazz singer Crystal Clyne Mastosavvas, most commonly known as Lady Lash, is quickly becoming one of the most prolific songwriters and performers in Australia. Experimenting with different musical styles, interwoven with powerful spiritual storytelling, Lady Lash’s sound is one that speaks to many. Here latest single Yadu, …
PASS is going to Australia!
From 11 -13 April, as part of an exhibition hosted by Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) entitled Shapes of Knowledge, the Pan African Space Station will land in Melbourne, Australia. In collaboration with artists, activists and cultural workers based in the city, PASS will study, among other histories, Australia’s participation in The Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) which took place in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. Using our studio as a capsule for further entanglement, …