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Seminário de Estudos Africanos, intitulado In Afropolis. On the making of an exhibition on art and urban practices, apresentado pelo Professor Doutor Kerstin Pinther.

“Today, over half the world’s population lives in cities. In particular, the regions of the Global South face rapid globalisation, with African cities recording the highest urbanisation rates. The African contexts have created specific urban structures, topographies and cultures, notably different from European-American models of urban development. How do these structures function? How do urban dwellers organise their daily life? What issues are addressed in the African discourse on the history and future of cities? What positions do European and African artists take on urbanity in Africa? The Afropolis exhibition is showcasing five African cities - Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa and Johannesburg.”

21 de Junho de 2011, 3ª feira, às 18:00, na sala C401 no Edifício II do ISCTE-IUL
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Special Tour with Gabi Ngcobo and Christiane König

A conversation between curator and director of the Centre for Historical Re-enactment, Johannesburg, South Africa and film and media scholar Christiane König about and in the exhibition Afropolis (Iwalewa-Haus).

Gabi Ngcobo is a Johannesburg based curator. Projects include collaborative and individual projects: Second to None at the South African National Gallery, Olvida quen soy/ Erase me from who I am at CAAM, Canary Islands, 2006, Titled/Untitled, a curatorial collaboration with Gugulective collective and Scratching the Surface Vol.1 at the AVA Gallery, Cape Town. In 2010 Ngcobo co-curated rope-a-dope: to win a losing war at Cabinet, New York, Second Coming, a curatorial collaboration at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College and Just How Cold Was It? At ‘6-8 Months’ project space, New York City.  She recently co-founded the “Center for Historical Reenactments” (CHR) an independent platform based in Johannesburg. At CHR she curated “PASS-AGES: references & footnotes” and an ongoing project titled Xenoglossia, a research project.

Christiane König, Ph.D., is assistent professor at the Anglo-American Institute, History Department, Cologne University. Her main fields of interest are Film Theory and History, Media Theory and Archaeology, digital cultures, biological and informational Cybernetics, Science Studies, Feminist Theory, Gender and Queer Studies.

See more on www.christianekoenig.de

Mo 06 May 2011, 6pm

Iwalewa-Haus, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Friday, 11 March 2011 – 4 pm - 9 pm
“City, nights”
Film weekend - part one
Curated by Dr. Marie-Hélène Gutberlet, Frankfurt

The festival presents more recent films set in African cities at night, where special conditions govern the use of light, colour effects and density of movement. Marie-Hélène Gutberlet is a member of the academic staff at University of Frankfurt/Main.
4 pm - programme I “Macadam”
7 pm - programme II “Mood” 

Saturday, 12 March 2011 – 1 pm - 9 pm
“City, nights”
Film weekend - part two
Curated by Dr. Marie-Hélène Gutberlet, Frankfurt

The festival presents more recent films set in African cities at night, where special conditions govern the use of light, colour effects and density of movement. Marie-Hélène Gutberlet is a member of the academic staff at University of Frankfurt/Main.
1 pm -programme III “Candlelight”
4 pm -programme IV “Sonic Energy”
7 pm -programme V “Future”

Sunday, 13 March 2011 – 10 am -6 pm
Exhibition Closing Event
Project works from workshop participants and school classes will be presented on the last few days of the exhibition.

The dates for other public tours are listed both on the museum’s web pages (http://www.museenkoeln.de/rautenstrauch-joest-museum/) and in the quarterly program