Developed in collaboration with Acud Macht Neu (Berlin), the Kinzonzi of Laboratoire Kontempo brings together artists and researchers from Kinshasa, Berlin and other places in an analog and digital transdisciplinary experimental space in order to question the structures of power and dominant trends in contemporary international art scenes.
In the framework of the project Miziki, musicians from Kinshasa and Berlin come together to seek musical connections through conversations and performances. The focus of the Miziki program is to create a space of gathering, substituting eurocentric categorizations of classical, popular and “world” music with an open encounter and exchange in musical knowledge, collaboration, artistic research and modes of listening together.
KINZONZI
DI 3.5 // 19H Acud Studio // Free Entry
Kontempo: Kontemporary perspectives from Kinshasa
Roundtable with the artists. Introduction into the project and open discussion, moderated by Jean Kamba
The Event
MI 4.5 // 19H Hopscotch Reading Room // Free Entry
Speculative Spaces
On digital decentralization and imperialism - artist talk with Gabriella Torres-Ferrer.
Strategic Auto-Exoticisation: screening of the film "Your exoticism is my daily bread"
Artist talk with Mukenge/Schellhammer
The Event
DO 5.5 // 19H Haus der Statistik: Werkstatt // Free Entry
Extended Artistic Strategies
Artist talk Prisca Tankwey, Paulvi Ngimbi
Untitled (What a Crypton) – Presentation and artist talk with Gabriella Torres-Ferrer
Partagisme – A collective artistic practice from Kinshasa
Lecture about the history of Partagisme in Kinshasa by Jean Kamba and Mukenge/Schellhammer – collective painting, debate about collective work and authorship
The Event
SA 7.5 // 19H ACUD Club & Courtyard // Free Entry
Colonial traces in the urban space of Kinshasa and Berlin
Lecture by Jean Kamba
Leopoldville Mourning – Collective performance with Prisca Tankwey in public space
Malewa Laba – Congolese cuisine with Laba Adebisi
The Event
DI 10.5 // 20H ACUD Club // Free Entry
Choreographies of the Everyday
Documentaries and music videos from Kinshasa curated by Fluctuating Images and Peter Miyalu
The Event
FR 13.5 // 18H Haus der Statistik – Haus A // Free Entry
Exhibition Opening Laboratoire Kontempo - 1
with: Jasmina Al-Qaisi & Ralf Wendt, Miguel Buenrostro, Jérôme Chazeix, Paulvi Ngimbi & Prisca Tankwey, Luiza Prado de O. Martins, Mukenge/Schellhammer
The History of Memory - Performance by Koko Kabamba
Partagisme – Collective painting
The Event
SA 14.5 // 18H ACUD Galerie und Innenhof // Free Entry
Exhibition Opening Laboratoire Kontempo - 2
With: Sinzo Aanza, Jasmina Al-Qaisi & Ralf Wendt, Koko Kabamba, Jean Kamba, Billy Ngalamulume alias Kill Bill, Rachel Nyangombe, Gabriella Torres-Ferrer, Raul Walch
Performance: Kill Bill
Malewa Laba – Congolese cuisine with Laba Adebisi
The Event
MIZIKI
DI 10.5 – SA 14.5
Radio Kinzonzi
The radio-art collective Al-Qiaisi / Wendt together with Orakle Ngoy will set up a live radio station for Laboratoire Kontempo Miziki in Berlin
Live stream on www.labkontempo.com
MI 11.5 // 19H Hopscotch Reading Room // Free Entry
Historical paths, historical classification and political functions of Congolese Rumba
Lecture by Romain Malwengo Kingenzi (with English translation)
The Event
DO 12.5 // 19H ACUD Club // 5€
Series: Decolonizing Music Technologies vol.1
Kontemporary Frequencies
Presentations and discussion with Moises Horta, Khyam Allami, Ale Hop, Romain Malwengo Kingenzi, moderated by Nico Daleman
The Event
FR 13.5 // 18H Haus der Statistik – Haus A // Free Entry
Exhibition Opening Laboratoire Kontempo - 1
with: Jasmina Al-Qaisi & Ralf Wendt, Miguel Buenrostro, Jérôme Chazeix, Paulvi Ngimbi & Prisca Tankwey, Luiza Prado de O. Martins, Mukenge/Schellhammer
The History of Memory - Performance by Koko Kabamba
Partagisme – Collective painting
The Event
SA 14.5 // 20H Acud Club // Free entry
Les Miraculeux
Concert by Lova Lova and EP release - Mokili Na Poche (The World in Your Pocket) by Lova Lova & Atelier Kamikazi feat. Delta Force & Bernard Morisson, Dix balles, Franc congolais, Banque du sang & Banque mondiale, Ozé (Oyo Projects)
The Event
DI 17.5 // 20H ACUD Club // 5€
Series: Decolonizing Music Technologies vol 2.:
Bilokos
Concert David Shongo
Artist talk David Shongo: Bilokos // Second hand
The Event
MI 18.5 // 20H Sinema Transtopia // 5€
Rhythm & Memory: Kin ya lelo, kin ya lobi - Ritmos que preceden
Concert by Huguette Tolinga and Laura Robles: experimental percussion inspired by traditional Congolese rhythms from the 60s and 70s in combination with Temporalidad pluri rítmica de las Americas
The Event
DO 19.5 // 20H ACUD Club // 5€
Plural Tonalities, beautiful masculinity
Performative presentations by Rachel Nyangombe
The Event
FR 20.5 // 20H ACUD Club // 5€
Balade Musicale
Performance by Orakle Ngoy with guests: A musical walk through the history of Congolese music with the means of hip-hop
The Event
SA 21.5 // 20H ACUD Club // 5€
MIZIKI Finale
Concerts and performances with the participating musicians
Live broadcast to Fulu Miziki in Kinshasa
The Event
Locations
Kunsthaus ACUD Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin (Mitte), U8-Rosenthaler Platz
Haus der Statistik Karl Marx Allee 1, 10178 Berlin (Mitte), U8-Alexanderplatz
Hopscotch Reading Room Kurfürstenstraße 14, 10785 Berlin (Mitte), U1 und U3-Kurfürstenstraße
Sinema Transtopia Haus der Statistik - Haus B, Otto-Braun-Strasse 72 (Mitte), U8-Alexanderplatz
About
Laboratoire Kontempo is a project founded by the Congolese/German duo Mukenge/Schellhammer in Kinshasa in 2019. The Kinzonzi is curated by Mukenge/Schellhammer, the Miziki is curated by Mukenge/Schellhammer & Miguel Buenrostro.
With: Sinzo Aanza, Jasmina Al-Qaisi & Ralf Wendt, Miguel Buenrostro, Jérôme Chazeix, Koko Kabamba, Jean Kamba, Jean Malwengo Kingenzi, Cornelia & Holger Lund (Fluctuating Images), Billy Ngalamulume alias Kill Bill, Paulvi Ngimbi, Luiza Prado de O. Martins, Mukenge/Schellhammer, Prisca Tankwey, Gabriella Torres-Ferrer, Raul Walch, Orakle Ngoy, David Shongo, Wilfried Luzele aka Lova Lova, Huguette Tolinga, Alejandra Cardenas ‘Ale Hop‘, Laura Robles, Fulu Miziki, Moisés Horta Valenzuela ‘Hexorcismos’, Rachel Nyangombe, Houaïda, Nico Daleman, Romain Malwengo Kingenzi
"Kinzonzi" ist ein Projekt von Laboratoire Kontempo und Acud Macht Neu.
Es wird gefördert aus dem TURN2-Fonds der Kulturstiftung des Bundes und der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.
Träger des Projekts in Kinshasa ist die Option ONGD.
Weitere Projektpartner und Förderer sind: Goethe-Institut Kinshasa, Plateforme Contemporaine, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Institut-Français Kinshasa, Académie des Beaux-Arts de Kinshasa, fluctuating images, hopscotch reading room, Sinema Transtopia und Haus der Statistik
Gefördert im Fonds
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Miziki ist ein Projekt von Laboratoire Kontempo und Acud Macht Neu.
Es wird gefördert vom Senator für Kultur und Europa.
