Starting with the reading „Virus!" by Ghanaian science-fiction writer, afrofuturist, and digital hypermedia artist Jonathan Dotse and followed by the screenings of two afrofuturistic short films from Kenya and Nigeria, we will celebrate the past, the present and the future with none other than South African GQOM king DJ Lag!
(Dir. C.J. Obasi, 2018, Nigeria, 30min)
Three scientist witches who through a combination of juju and technology create magical wigs which grants them untold supernatural powers. As with everything, power corrupts ...
Born & grown in Linz, I started working with the Klub Sir3ne family in 2010 after moving to Vienna and being heavily influenced by the local Dub and Dubstep scene....
(Dir. Jean-Pierre Bekolo, South Africa, Cameroun 2016, 62min)
Wanita leaves home one morning, not knowing that her first prayer to her own ancestors has started her journey to the Dimsi - the earth you can't see...
(Dir. John Akomfrah, UK 1995, 45min)
Framed by the fictional story of the "data thief", this hybrid documentary takes a look at the origins, impact and significance of Afrofuturism and techno music for the black diaspora...
Freak de l’Afrique is a team of DJs, MCs & producers who share a common passion for modern African club sounds such as Afrobeats, Afro House, Coupé Décalé & Kuduro...
Specializing in pop and funk-based dance music, G.rizo has a versatile range with over a decade of musical excursions in electro, disco, techno and house...
NIGHTLINE
14:00
Panel | Let’s talk about Dis-Othering #2 - A self reflection on cultural identity
Kulturen in Bewegung: Let’s talk about Dis-Othering #2 - A self reflection on cultural identity
With: Ihu Anyanwu (Musician, Performing Artist), Marie Edwige Hartig (Chair Verein Jaapo, Politician), Hemma Schmutz (Director for the Museums of the City of Linz) | Moderated by: Victoria Windtner (Writer, Journalist) | Discussion in English & German
Online introduction and Q&A with Tabita Rezaire (French Guyana):
"Deep Down Tidal" A video essay in typical net.art style, weaving cosmological, spiritual, political and technological narratives about water and its role in colonialism, then and now...
SYMPOSIUM
17:30 - 18:30
Symposium | Musical approach and artistic developments in Dakar in regards to African Futurisms
Stephen Ibaaku Bassene (Senegal) - Talk:
"Musical approach and artistic developments in Dakar in regards to African Futurisms"
Discover with Ibaaku the new Dakar. The Dakar that makes a new lively and thriving scene flourish. The talk will focus on some of these artists and their futurist/ afro-futurist approaches and proposals.
(Dir. Chris Saunders, South Africa 2016, 24:50min)
A strange meeting and a gift transform a young Zulu woman (Manthe Ribane) into a powerful and mysterious character known as Ghost Kat...
(Dir. Cédric Ido, France 2011, 24min)
In the year 2100, the rise of the oceans, heat waves and the disappearance of coastal regions are the result of the climate change that has befallen the planet.
Tonica Hunter, from London, of Jamaican heritage, is a practitioner of various community-focused strategies which promote activism through arts and culture...
Ibaaku (Senegal)
The city of Dakar is invaded by Aliens. The meeting of the land with the Aliens will shake the codes. Everyone must tame the other. Love between an Alien and a Terran is born a hybrid: IBAAKU
His show transports you to the Afro-futuristic universe of a new African era.
Let yourself go on the Seneg-Alien’s space shift to measure the unique power of this cosmic being from Dakar’s nights.