A SACRED STORY AT THE TREE OF LIFE
September 15–October 22, 2023
Curation: Memory Biwa, Robert Machiri, Jumoke Adeyanju, Nikola Hartl
A SACRED STORY AT THE TREE OF LIFE takes the form of an ephemeral installation centered on the signification of landscape and space through processes of memory and ceremony. The shade of the baobab, the sacred tree, is the gathering place for a communion with poets, rioters, storytellers, vocalists, players of instruments, and DJs. Over a period of six weeks the gallery transforms into a portal for the platform Listening at Pungwe. Pungwe is an occasion where sound system culture is approached as a mo(nu)ment of auditory, corporeal and sociocultural frequencies. The platform traces spatiality through a complex web of movements that are often embodied and transferred through sound.
Between September 14–17, Listening at Pungwe will open the space with a pungwe, hosting Poetry Meets with Jumoke Adeyanju and Strange Routes, a collage workshop by blk banaana. Followed by more events in October and a finissage on Saturday, October 21.
Listening at Pungwe is a collaborative project by Memory Biwa and Robert Machiri, and pivots on circulatory aural imaginings and practices in southern Africa, to produce publics and alternative spaces of sociality.
Participating artists: Listening at Pungwe, Jumoke Adeyanju, blk banaana, Banji Chona, Percy Zvomuya, et al.
Program: In the spirit of Pungwe, all are invited to voice and plot together over meals, listening and movement.
Launch of sound installation: Friday, September 15, 2–9pm
Poetry Meets, hosted by Jumoke Adeyanju: Saturday, September 16, 7pm
Strange Routes, collage workshop with blk banaana: Sunday, September 17, 4pm (For the workshop please RSVP here
For further information and latest updates about the exhibition & programme please check regularly on untietotie.org.
