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© Stef Depover

Kuzikiliza

Skinfama, ARSENAAL/LAZARUS & KVS
Wed 16.01.2019 - Sat 02.03.2019
16.01.2019
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02.03.2019

Kuzikiliza brings three very different men to the stage who together wish to make a speech. For them, ideal communication, which is their natural goal, is based on three elements: text, sound and movement. The men complement one another: each has a talent for a single element, but these different talents also represent their dark side.

Kuzikiliza – “making yourself heard” in Swahili – is a multilingual, interdisciplinary performance that causes communication and its mechanisms to wobble. Pitcho Womba Konga’s starting point was Patrice Lumumba’s speech to mark Congo’s independence on 30 June 1960 – a speech that is still topical today. For surely behind the independence of a country lies the emancipation of an entire people; and surely, behind the emancipation of a people, lies the independence of every human being? How do we reconcile the present and the past while the process of decolonisation is still ongoing?
 

© Stef Depover
© Stef Depover
© Stef Depover
© Stef Depover
© Stef Depover

Credits

CONCEPT, CREATION & PERFORMANCE PITCHO WOMBA KONGA COCREATION & COPERFORMANCE KARIM KALONJI & JOOST MAASKANT DIRECTION MIKE VAN ALFEN SCENOGRAPHY & LIGHTING STEF DEPOVER FIGURATION MAJDA ACHAB, NAIMA AISSATI, FATIMA OURIAGHLI, CECILIA NTELO-WA-LEKO TECHNIQUE ISABELLE SIMON, JASPER VANHALLE, DIETER LAMBRECHTS PRODUCTION SKINFAMA, ARSENAAL/LAZARUS & KVS IN COLLABORATION WITH KULTUURFAKTORIJ MONTY, DE SCHOOL VAN GAASBEEK, PIANOFABRIEK|CITYLAB & MESTIZO ARTS FESTIVAL DISTRIBUTION & TOURMANAGEMENT SASKIA LIENARD WITH THE SUPPORT OF VGC BRUSSEL, THE PROVINCE OF ANTWERP, BRUSSELS-CAPITAL REGION