POSTCOLONIAL FESTIVAL FOR DANCE, THEATRE AND DISCOURSE
24. SEPTEMBER TO 3. OCTOBER 2015
Kampnagel opens this season with the international WE DON’T CONTEMPORARY festival. Working with five guest curators from different African countries, we have put together a programme that grapples with the topic of post-colonialism from different perspectives. The aim of this is to expose the term ‘contemporary’ as a western, colonial construction. For ‘contemporary’ in the context of the globalised art world primarily means only one thing: that European art as contemporary art, is far more advanced and developed than, for instance, African art. It is only ‘contemporary’ if it conforms to Western standards. In response to this, Kampnagel says “No!” Enough with colonialism in the art world! It is in this spirit that the guest curators present their own visions of ‘contemporary’ African art from different genres: the Tunisian choreography duo Aïcha M’Barek and Hafiz Dhaou are coming to Hamburg, bringing both their own company’s latest work and productions from other young North-African choreographers, Tunisian dance scholar Mariem Guellouz deconstructs the concept of ‘contemporary’ in a symposium, film expert Alex Moussa Sawadogo from Burkina Faso presents an experimental film programme and the German-Ghanaian artist Zohra Opuku develops a performance fashion-club installation. Kampnagel has also invited guest artists including Brett Bailey and Boyzie Cekwana, who expand the diverse programme and complete it. Be it through dance, body interventions or in a public fashion studio, the different artistic perspectives, methods and arguments create a united choir, which asks that we finally sound the bell on the post-colonial age. Ding. Dong. During the festival the Refugees Radio Network will report on WE DON’T CONTEMPORARY live from the foyer.
Funded by Fonds TURN Kulturstiftung des Bundes.
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Thursday, 24.09.2015
- 19:30 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryAïcha M’Barek & Hafiz Dhaou / Compganie Chatha:VU
- [Premiere] 20:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryBrett Bailey / Third World Bunfight:Macbeth
- [Premiere] 20:30 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryAriel Efraim Ashbel and Friends:The Empire Strikes Back: Kingdom of the Synthetic
Friday, 25.09.2015
- 10:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryKonferenz zum Status von Künstlern - Schwerpunkt Arabische Welt
- 20:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryRadouan Mriziga:55
- 20:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryBrett Bailey / Third World Bunfight:Macbeth
- 20:30 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryAriel Efraim Ashbel and Friends:The Empire Strikes Back: Kingdom of the Synthetic
- 21:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryThéâtre Follown:Le Salon Africain
- 21:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryAïcha M’Barek & Hafiz Dhaou / Compagnie Chatha:Sacré Printemps!
Saturday, 26.09.2015
- from 15:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryKonferenz zum Status von Künstlern - Schwerpunkt Arabische Welt
- [Premiere] 19:15 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryBouchra Ouizguen:Corbeaux
- 20:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryBrett Bailey / Third World Bunfight:Macbeth
- [Premiere] 20:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryÉric Lamoureux / Héla Fattoumi:Manta
- 21:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryAïcha M’Barek & Hafiz Dhaou / Compagnie Chatha:Sacré Printemps!
- from 22:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryOgra:Travelling / Party
Sunday, 27.09.2015
- 17:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryFeat. Silent University und Natalie Bayer:Hamburg Upside Down: or how to performe decoloniality
- 19:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryÉric Lamoureux / Héla Fattoumi:Manta
- 20:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryBouchra Ouizguen:Corbeaux
- 20:30 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryAïcha M’Barek & Hafiz Dhaou / Compagnie Chatha:Sacré Printemps!
Thursday, 01.10.2015
- [Premiere] 20:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryBoyzie Cekwana / Nina Støttrup Larsen:Banana Republics - Here be Dragons
- [Premiere] 20:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryBouchra Ouizguen / Compagnie O:Ottof
- 21:30 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryFilmprogramm von Alex Moussa Sawadogo:Fünf Kurzfilme
Friday, 02.10.2015
- 20:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryBouchra Ouizguen / Compagnie O:Ottof
- 21:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryToumani Diabaté / Sidiki Diabaté:Konzert
- 21:30 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryBoyzie Cekwana / Nina Støttrup Larsen:Banana Republics - Here be Dragons
- 22:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryDJ Steloo:Party
- 22:30 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryFilmprogramm von Alex Moussa Sawadogo:Aya de Yopougon (Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie)
- Installations & Extras from 18:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryZohra Opoku:Visuals, Art, Fashion and music
Saturday, 03.10.2015
- 20:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryBouchra Ouizguen / Compagnie O:Ottof
- 21:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryNoella Wiyaala:Konzert
- 22:30 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryFilmprogramm von Alex Moussa Sawadogo:Stories of our lives (Jim Chuchu)
- Installations & Extras from 18:00 Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't ContemporaryZohra Opoku:Visuals, Art, Fashion and music