«KIN:BE:JOZI» is a project that is geared towards fostering exchange and collaboration between artists and cultural networks from Kinshasa, Bern and Johannesburg. The project is currently in the final part in Jozi having begun in Bern followed by a residency in Kinshasa.. The idea behind this project is to get the artists to develop an archive that reflects on shared and individual experiences that explore the contemporary realities of the 3 cities. The project seeks to navigate points of connection and disconnection that arise out of the engagement between artists, geographic distances and specific moments in the life of each city.
The project brings together 6 artists; Athi Patra Ruga & Anthea Moys (SA), Raphael Urweider & Steffi Weissman (Switzerland) and Kura Shomali & Vitshois Mwilambwe (DRC). Hosted by the Joubert Park Project, the artists reside at August House in Doornfontein and will spend 6 weeks researching, walking and working in the east-end of the inner city. Focal points will be streets, clubs, markets, gyms, parks, residential flats where francophone communities congregate, trade and socialise against the backdrop of intensifying urban redevelopment and gentrification. Each artist bring his and her own focus, background and discipline to the group, including poetry, hip-hop, fashion design, performance and drawing. The outcome of research and interactions will be an online diary and a series of public interventions in dialogue with the people and places that make up the Drill Hall neighbourhoods.
«KIN:BE:JOZI» was developed in partnership with Eza Possible (Kin), PORGR_Zentrum für Kultur Produktion (Bern), ScUr&ºK (Paris) and the Joubert Park Project (JHB). The project is supported by the French Institute of South Africa, Pro Helvetia Switzerland and Cape Town, the National Arts Council, the French Embassy in Kinshasa and the City of Bern. See www.progr.ch
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