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Events in Bayreuth:
Opening:
Thu, 28 April 2011, 7pm
opening of the exhibition with the curators
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Pinther, Dr. Larissa Förster, Christian Hanussek
Fr 29 April 2011, 11am
public tour with curator Christian Hanussek
Fr 13 May 2011, 4pm
„Ngoma und die Genese der kongolesischen Tanzmusik“
Presentation by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bender, Center for World Music, University of Hildesheim
In German
Mo 30 May 2011, 7pm
"Backdoors to the City. Designing with Westbury"
Presentation by Tom Chapman (University of Johannesburg)
In Englisch
Mo 06 May 2011, 6pm
Special Tour with Gabi Ngcobo: "Wondering in the Afropolis"
A conversation between curator and director of the Centre for Historical Re-enactment, Johannesburg, South Africa and film and media scholar Christiane König about and in the exhibition ‘Afropolis’ (Iwalewa Haus).
Gabi Ngcobo is a Johannesburg based curator. Projects include collaborative and individual projects: Second to None at the South African National Gallery, Olvida quen soy/ Erase me from who I am at CAAM, Canary Islands, 2006, Titled/Untitled, a curatorial collaboration with Gugulective collective and Scratching the Surface Vol.1 at the AVA Gallery, Cape Town. In 2010 Ngcobo co-curated rope-a-dope: to win a losing war at Cabinet, New York, Second Coming, a curatorial collaboration at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College and Just How Cold Was It? At ‘6-8 Months’ project space, New York City. She recently co-founded the “Center for Historical Reenactments” (CHR) an independent platform based in Johannesburg. At CHR she curated “PASS-AGES: references & footnotes” and an ongoing project titled Xenoglossia, a research project.
Wed 08 June 2011, 7pm
Angolan movie night
Three documentaries by the Angolan filmmaker Kiluanje Liberdade. The films portray the young generation and popular music of the Angolan metropolis Luanda.
Oxalá Cresçam pitangas. Histórias de Luanda (2005), 62 min. (English subitiles)
O rap É Uma Arma (1996), 30 min. (English subitiles)
Fábrica da Música (2009), 54 min. (English subitiles)
Thu 29 June 2011
Hotel Yeoville (hotelyeoville.co.za)
Presentation by Alexander Opper (University of Johannesburg & Notion
Architects)
Hotel Yeoville is a participatory public art project. The exhibition leg of the project was preceded by an intense research phase, begun in 2007 and headed by artist Terry Kurgan, the project’s founder. Between 2009 and 2010 the hotelyeoville.co.za website was developed and transformed into a physical exhibition space. The public launch of the exhibition took place in May 2010. This presentation will focus on the specific role of Notion Architects, as designers and collaborators on the exhibition phase of the project.
in Englisch
Thu 14 July 2011, 4pm
"Afropolis - Warum ist der Sound der Stadt so Retro"
Presentation by Dr. Hauke Dorsch, AMA - African Music Archive, University of Mainz
In German
Archive of events in Cologne:
Opening weekend
Friday, 5 November 2010
2 pm - 4 pm + 4 pm - 6 pm
Short public tour with the curators
followed by a presentation of works by the attending artists, including Akinbode Akinbiyi, Hala Elkoussy, Constanze Fischbeck and Daniel Kötter, Sam Hopkins, Dorothee Kreutzfeldt (Deadheat), Kgafela oa Magogodi, Sabelo Mlangeni, the artists´ collective Mowoso, Rana El Nemr, Wouter Osterholt and Elke Uitentius, Emeka Udemba.
Event in English and German
Saturday, 6 November 2010
7 pm- 2 am
As part of the Long Night of the Museums
8.30 pm + 12 midnight
Spoken Word Performance by Kgafela oa Magogodi, Johannesburg
8.45 pm + 9.30 pm + 10.30 pm + 11.30 pm
Short tours with the Curators
Sunday, 7 November 2010 – 2 pm
Tour with Christian Hanussek (Curator)
3 pm
"Matatu Culture"
Artist in conversation: Sam Hopkins, Nairobi
Chaired by Christian Hanussek
(Event in English)
The elaborately pimped minibus taxis called matatus are Nairobi's staple form of transport. Everyday, commuters squeeze into their regular matatu. But matatus are more than mobility – they are moving social interaction platforms. Urban myths are created in them and about them. For his installation Roomah, Nairobi-based artist Sam Hopkins collected rumours circulating in and about matatus. In discussion with curator Christian Hanussek, he presents and discusses the contexts and ideas behind his installation.
Friday, 3 December 2010 – 9 pm
BLNRB - Berlin Nairobi
Concert at Stadtgarten, Venloer Straße 40, 50672 Köln
Live: Ukoo Flani, Nazizi, Michel Ongaro, Radi, Abbas Kubaff, Lon Jon,
Kemya, Just A Band and Gebrüder Teichmann.
A project by the Goethe-Institut Nairobi and Haus der Kulturen der
Welt in cooperation with Afropolis. City, Media, Art.
Saturday, 4 December 2010 – 3 pm
"Nairobi Intersections“
Artists in conversation: Laura Horelli, Berlin and Hawa Essuman, Nairobi
Chaired by: Christian Hanussek
(Event in English)
Nairobi not only hosts the headquarters of innumerable international aid organisations including the UN but is also home to numerous slums. In her work, Laura Horelli, a Finnish filmmaker presently based in Berlin, explores the life of the expatriates working for international organisations in Nairobi. In Artists in Conversation, she is joined by the filmmaker Hawa Essuman (director of Soul Boy, 2009), who lives in Nairobi. Working with the participatory filmmaking initiative Slum TV in Nairobi's Mathare slum, Hawa Essuman has produced an installation especially for Afropolis to provide an insight into slum and power structures. Two very different perspectives on one and the same city.
Friday, 21 January 2011 – 3 pm-5 pm + Saturday, 22 January 2011 – 10 am - 5 pm
"Dispensable Necessities“
Workshop with Ganzeer (Cairo), Ben Wittner and Sascha Thoma (Berlin)
What's more important an umbrella or a jet-powered underground mega-station? A hot-dog dispensing skateboard or another street sign? This is an area where opinions and interests can diverge strongly and where the lack of support for some ideas leads people to learn to help themselves, especially in such large African cities as Cairo. In the workshop, you can explore your city by looking at objects and ideas that might be adopted or improved. Working together with the graphics designers Ganzeer (Egypt), and Ben Wittner and Sascha Thoma (Berlin), you can then transform your ideas into graphics, logos and posters.
For teenagers and young people aged 14 and older
Workshop fee: 20,- Euro
Registration required. You can register at Museumsdienst Köln: Tel. +49-221-221-23468
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Final registration date: Friday, 14 January 2011
Max. number of participants: 15
21-22 January 2011 Video Weekend
Friday, 21 January 2011 – 7 pm
"Cairo on Screen“
(Event in English)
Curated and presented by Mohamed Allam, Cairo
What does public space mean in Cairo? Mohamed Allam presents video works by Egyptian artists exploring this and other issues addressing Cairo as a megacity. In his art works, Allam has focused specifically on public space. He exhibited in the Tales around the Pavement project and is the Director of the Medrar Contemporary Art artists' initiative in Cairo. He has curated a number of international video festivals.
Saturday, 22 January 2011 – 7 pm
"The Underground, the Surface and the Edges: A Hauntology of Johannesburg“
(Event in English)
Curated and presented by Leora Farber and Anthea Buys, Johannesburg
According to cultural scientist Sarah Nuttall (in the exhibition catalogue), Johannesburg is a city with an underground, overground and a twilight realm. Leora Farber presents video works linked to this idea by such South African artists as Nina Barnett, Steven Cohen, Theresa Collins, Kay Hassan, Stephen Hobbs, William Kentridge, Anthea Moys, Zen Marie, Marcus Neustetter, Berni Searle, Johan Thom, Minette Vari, Mocke Jansen van Veuren and Theresa Collins. Leora Farber is an artist and the Director of the Research Centre for Visual Identities in Art and Design, University of Johannesburg. Anthea Buys is a freelance curator and author.
Thursday, 27 January 2011 – 7 pm
"With Spear in the City. African Modernity in the Photonovels of the 1960s"
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Matthias Krings (Mainz)
In the 1960s, African Film published weekly photonovels with the eponymous Lance Spearman, who soon became a hero in cities across English-speaking Africa. The adventures of Spearman's team of detectives were recounted as gripping page-turners uniting the qualities of a thriller and mystery story. Matthias Krings, Junior Professor at Mainz University, explores the conditions of photonovel production, its sources of inspiration and the image it presented of urban African modernity.
Thursday, 10 February 2011 – 8 pm
"Sounds of Lagos. Music and Rhythm from the Centre of Excellence and Chaos"
Lecture with music videos by Adé Bantu, Lagos/Cologne
Lagos is a vibrant music centre in West Africa. The musician Adégoke Odukoya aka Adé Bantu, who has lived for many years in Cologne, uses music videos to showcase the context of music productions from, in and about Lagos. Adé Bantu is known for his work in the bands Bantu and Brothers Keepers, and his involvement in anti-racist projects. He presents his lecture from the perspective of a musician who lives and works in Lagos.
Saturday, 12 February 2011 – 10 am - 3 pm
"Music, Rhymes and Vibes" – Developing your own rap texts and rhythms
Workshop with Adé Bantu, Lagos/Cologne
What does our urban environment mean for us? What issues pre-occupy us? Where is change, commitment and active involvement needed? Both in Germany and the African megacity of Lagos, young people use music to express their creativity and make their views heard. Musician, producer and hip-hop teacher Adé Bantu contributes his experience from Lagos, and helps develop texts and rhythms in a process of working together. It's time to get in the mix!
For teenagers and young people aged 14 and older
Workshop fee: 12,- Euro
Registration required. You can register at Museumsdienst Köln: Tel. +49-221-221-23468
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Final registration date: Friday, 4 February 2011
Max. number of participants: 12
Thursday, 17 February 2011 – 7 pm
"Afropolis – scene of the crime. Urban locations in contemporary African crime fiction"
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Julika Griem, Darmstadt
South Africa's crime fiction has changed significantly since the 1950s, when Arthur Maimane wrote crime stories for Drum and used the pubs in Sophiatown as a location for his investigators. Yet despite the changes, crime novel plots are often still set in Johannesburg. Julika Griem, Professor of English Studies at the TU Darmstadt, takes a closer look at crime fiction and discusses its meaning and context.
Thursday, 24 February 2011 – 2 pm
Tour with Kerstin Pinther (Curator)
3 pm
"Artistic Practices in Cairo" -cancelled-
Artists in conversation: Hala Elkoussy, Cairo
Chaired by: Kerstin Pinther
(Event in English)
Huda Lutfi
http://opinionator.blogs.
Lara Baladi
http://universes-in-universe.
2011/lara_baladi
Hala Elkoussy
http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/
Blog von Ganzeer
http://ganzeer.blogspot.com/
7 pm
"Envisaging New Urban Futures for Kinshasa"
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Filip de Boeck, Leuven
Organized in co-operation with the Cologne African Studies Centre (CASC) at the University of Cologne
(Event in English)
This lecture addresses the tensions between life as lived on the ground by millions of urban residents in Kinshasa and the official attempts which are currently being launched by the Congolese government to create a new -but exclusionist- urban environment. In order to illustrate this tension two concrete cases are introduced: a first case focuses on current modes of 'informal' urban expansion and random occupation of space in the city. The second case deals with the development of a new urban project, the 'Cité du Fleuve', which fully illustrates the official vision of Kinshasa's urban future.
Thursday, 1 March 2011 – 7 pm + Wednesday, 2 March 2011 – 7 pm
"Urban Fragments“ (working title)
Performance project by the Cologne University of Music and Dance
Students at the Cologne University of Music and Dance (HfMT) engage with the topics in the exhibition and work with choreographer Prof. Vera Sander (HfMT), performer Athena Mazarakis (Johannesburg) and South African choreographer Jay Pather (Cape Town) to produce a site-specific performance in the museum.
Friday, 11 March 2011 – 4 pm - 9 pm
"City, nights"
Film weekend - part one
Curated by Dr. Marie-Hélène Gutberlet, Frankfurt
The festival presents more recent films set in African cities at night, where special conditions govern the use of light, colour effects and density of movement. Marie-Hélène Gutberlet is a member of the academic staff at University of Frankfurt/Main.
4 pm - programme I "Macadam"
7 pm - programme II "Mood"
Saturday, 12 March 2011 – 1 pm - 9 pm
"City, nights"
Film weekend - part two
Curated by Dr. Marie-Hélène Gutberlet, Frankfurt
The festival presents more recent films set in African cities at night, where special conditions govern the use of light, colour effects and density of movement. Marie-Hélène Gutberlet is a member of the academic staff at University of Frankfurt/Main.
1 pm -programme III "Candlelight"
4 pm -programme IV "Sonic Energy"
7 pm -programme V "Future"
Sunday, 13 March 2011 – 10 am -6 pm
Exhibition Closing Event
Project works from workshop participants and school classes will be presented on the last few days of the exhibition.
The dates for other public tours are listed both on the museum's web pages (http://www.museenkoeln.de/rautenstrauch-joest-museum/) and in the quarterly programme of the Cologne Museum Service (www.museenkoeln.de/museumsdienst ).