Contemporary Africa on Screen
A new year-long programme of screenings, discussions and workshops centred on film and video by African artists.
Poster
Contemporary Africa On Screen explores the global relevance of African creative expression and experience through film, video and new media. The programme brings new work from Africa to London, screening rough cuts and rare material. New work will also be made and shown, by artists working with local communities in south London, with outdoor screenings on Sceaux Gardens estate in Camberwell and debates co-facilitated by artists, academics and members of London’s diverse African communities. Contemporary Africa On Screen has been curated by Jennifer Bajorek (Goldsmiths, University of London) and the South London Gallery in partnership with Juma Bah (Community Action Southwark).
SCREENINGS APRIL - JUNE 2011
Screening: QUEER AFRICA
Fri 29 Jul, 7-9 pm, Free
South London Gallery
65 Peckham Road
London SE5 8UH
Nigerian photographer Andrew Esiebo presents an incisive, searing and eminently watchable portrait of young queer Africans living in Europe, in his multimedia work *Living Queer Africans* (Paris, 2007). Documentary *Difficult Love* (South Africa, 2010) presents intimate stories from the black lesbian community in South Africa through the celebrated photography of visual activist, Zanele Muholi. The screening is curated by Jennifer Bajorek, Goldsmiths, University of London and introduced by Natasha Bissonauth, Cornell University.
Booking is recommended on mail@southlondongallery.org or 020 7703 6120
See also http://www.southlondongallery.org/page/queer-africa
FUTURE MOTION: VIDEO SHORTS
Fri 24 June, 7-9 pm, Free
South London Gallery
65 Peckham Road
London SE5 8UH
Teboho Edkins, Berni Searle, Gerhard and Maja Marx, Wanuri Kahiu and
Minnette Vári
These short video works experiment with science fiction, documentary, mixed media and digital animation in their depictions of urban life and landscape in contemporary Africa. The programme includes new video work from Johannesburg, co-curated by Leora Farber and Anthea Buys; and new work from artists and activists working in Kenya and from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The screening is curated by Jennifer Bajorek, Goldsmiths, University of London and introduced by Raimi Gbadamosi.
Booking is recommended on mail@southlondongallery.org or 020 7703 6120
See also http://www.southlondongallery.org/page/future-motion-video-shorts
Screening: Licinio Azevedo, NIGHT LODGERS (Hóspedes da Noite), 2007, Mozambique
Friday 27 May, 7-9pm, Free
South London Gallery
65 Peckham Road
London SE5 8UH
In the colonial era the Grande Hotel in the city of Beira was the largest in Mozambique, boasting 350 rooms, luxurious suites, and an Olympic-sized swimming pool. This luminous documentary depicts the hotel as it is today: in ruins with no electricity or running water, and inhabited by 3,500 people, some of whom have been living there for 20 years. In addition to the rooms, the foyers, corridors, service areas, and the hotel’s basement – where it is always night – also serve as residences. The screening is curated and introduced by Ros Gray, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Booking is recommended - mail@southlondongallery.org or 020 7703 6120
See Also:
http://southlondongallery.org/page/3030/Licinio+Azevedo:+Night+Lodgers/624
Supported by the London Centre for Arts and Cultural Exchange / Goldsmiths, University of London / Community Action Southwark / Arts Council England / Southwark Council
Screening & discussion: Raphaël Grisey / Bouba Touré
Thu 12 May, 5pm, Goldsmiths, Free
*Cooperative* (2008) refers to an agricultural cooperative settled in Mali in 1976 by former African migrants to France, and also to Grisey's and Touré's collaboration. Inspired in part by the political legacy of 1968, the cooperative has become a model for other agricultural cooperatives in the region. *Bouba Touré, 58 Rue Trousseau, 75011 Paris, France (2008)* is shot in two takes in the artist's two-room flat in Paris, exploring the images of African leaders and icons of independence that line the walls of Touré's home. The screening is followed by a discussion with the artists, facilitated by Nicole Wolf, Goldsmiths, University of London.
This event takes place at Goldsmiths, University of London. For further info contact j.doussan@gold.ac.uk
Screening: Looking for Sierra Leone
Fri 29 Apr, 7-9pm, Free
Produced by a group of young filmmakers, this film maps the informal spaces for discussion on politics and history within the Sierra Leonean community of Southwark. It is followed by a discussion asked 'Sierra Leone at 50, what are we celebrating?'
Booking is recommended on mail@southlondongallery.org or 020 7703 6120.