By Wallace Mawire.
Harare, Zimbabwe. (News Of The South) – Videonomad is travelling to Southern Africa to showcase in Zimbabwe in an event expected to take place from 13 to 15 October 2016, according to a spokesperson for Njelele Art Station in Harare,
Zimbabwe.
It is reported that over the course of three days, video artists will engage with the city through a programme of public screenings, talks and workshops, culminating with a video art party at Njelele Art
Station, on Saturday 15 October in Harare.
The itinerant video art screening will showcase a compelling selection of works by artists from across the African continent and the Diaspora.
The multidisciplinary programme will include masterclasses, artist encounters, yoga meditation and sound performances with invited artists like Bogosi Sekhkhuni, Mario Macilau, Simon Gush and Tabita
Rezaire, just to name a few.
Videonomad aims to establish a dynamic synergy of video art makers from across the African continent that enriches the global art scene.
The international artist film screening has previously taken place in Tunis, Dakar, Tokyo, Pesaro, Salvador de Bahia and Kalamata, and now brings a diverse programme to Harare, according to Njelele Art
Station.
Artists to grace the Harare event will include Berry Bickle, Bogosi Sekhukhuni, Cosmo Zengeya, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Fransix Tenda, Kitso Lynn Lelliot, Kombo Chapfika, Lerato Shadi, Lucia Nhamo, Mario
Macilau, Masimba Hwati, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Simon Gush, Tabita Rezaire.
The project is supported by an ANT Funding Grant from Pro Helvetia Johannesburg financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Further funding is generously provided by corporate partner AfricanFire (AF).
Lucia Nhamo, Videonomad, Southern Africa Coordinator, said the initiative was started in 2013.She said videonomad is about establishing a dynamic synergy of video art makers from across the African continent and its Diaspora that enriches the global art scene.
“Its itinerant video art screenings have taken place in Tunis, Dakar, Tokyo, Pesaro, Salvador de Bahia and Kalamata. We are excited to be bringing an eclectic programme of video art, talks and workshop master-classes to Harare,” Nhamo said.
Njelele Art Station is an independent project space located in downtown Harare. It acts as an urban laboratory that focuses on contemporary, experimental and public art practice. Njelele opened on
01 May 2013.
Njelele Art Station is a meeting place for critical dialogue where ideas are generated and resonate out into the city through projects that provoke discussion and engage with the general public.
Njelele is the name of a sacred shrine in Zimbabwe, and is located on the oldest street built in the city of Harare. It is a space for creative ritual that exists between two points, the historical and the future, that is in the contemporary, which is key to understanding the city and its people.
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