As part of the closing ceremony, the Dekoloniale Berlin Residents and guests will present their work in performative performances and we will celebrate together with the Berlin cult band "The Swag", among others.
Artist talk and acoustic guitar set
Activating transformation through creation
A conversation between artists Bianca Xunise and Oyèmi Noize about how they transform their adversities through their artistic practice. Hosted by Torta Bones, followed by an acoustic set by Oyèmi Noize.
Bianca Xunise & Oyémi Noize (hosted by Torta Bones)
Sound Performance
Sounds from the South – A sound tour
The set takes you on a journey through the diverse and vibrant rhythms of the African liberation movements - from spiritual chants to monumental speeches to timeless rhythms. Influences from the south and west of the continent take you on a musical adventure that explores the intersections of spirituality, hyper-identity, fusion and African rhythm, while highlighting the impact of sounds from the global south. An expression of transmutations, identity, culture, history, present and future.
Jere Ikongio (aka J-NOK)
Film screening with Bunga Siagian
Cinema in the spirit of Bandung
Film: Kasiterite | Riar Rizaldi, 18 min. (2019)
The concept of cinema as part of the third Afro-Asia Film Festival arose from the desire to spread material and geohistorical perspectives among the countries of the Global South, which find themselves in a vulnerable peripheral position due to the ongoing effects of colonialism, imperialism and global capitalism. The visualization of subjective conditions, as if seeking a revolution for a new world, which was once the driving force in the Asian and African nations, grounds its practice in the objective realities of the world.
In Riar Rizaldi's film 'Kasiterit', the filmmaker takes on the role of one of Natasha's interlocutors, a solar-powered artificial speech machine. Together they investigate the origin of a material that turns out to be a product of tin mining on the Indonesian island of Bangka. Through this exploration of material development in technology, "Kasiterit" uncovers the contemporary patterns of global technology consumption that are often taken for granted. As Riar aptly puts it: “The biggest myth of digital is that it is intangible.” The countries of the Global South continue to be focal points for the practices of neo-colonialism and global capitalism.
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