SATURDAY 8 MAY 2004, 7:30 PM : OPENING PARTY DEDICATED TO NUMERIC ARTS IN KÀ«R THIOSSANE
SANZATIONNEL (about 20 minuts) by Philippe Monvaillier.
SANZATIONNEL is performed by two sanza players (the sanza is a traditionnal musical instrument
from Central Africa). An electronic interface connects the sanzas to a sampler for
creating soundscapes and to a virtual videomixer for making interactive images to
be displayed on a screen. The sounds played by the sanzas are samples recorded
in the street in Brazzaville and the images are a compositions of pictures and
movies also coming from the Congolese capital. With the help of very innovative
technological tools, playing these sanzas is a way of making a very unusual portrait
of an African city and its urban life.
CYBERFETISH
CYBERFETISH is a living totem sculpture, an interactive chattertree to be installed on a street
corner or in any public space. The sculpture itself is a stack of spare materials with,
on the top, an old TV set screening the image of a living and always changing
African mask. Pedestrians and visitors can question the mask, which becomes alive
and answer them like an oracle, a sphinx, a fetish.
The Fatou Cissé and Doudou & Sountou dancers performance.
This performance is proposed within the Walid Breidi ’s installation where light sensors activate sound devices linked with dancers’ movements.
The first participants at Kà«r Thiossane since this week-end :
Mohammed Choukri Benhabib / Sante Sidi El Houari (Oran_Algeria)
Graham Falken / Arts and Media Access Centre (Cape Town_ South Africa)
Moukhtar Kocache / Ford Foundation (Cairo_Egypt)
