Biennale de Lubumbashi 2019 Opening Week Programme

Thursday 24 October 2019

11:00 Performance walk from quartier Gécamines to quartier Makomeno with Mega Mingiedi, Atelier Picha #2
15:00 Press Conference 6th edition Biennale de Lubumbashi and 2nd edition Atelier Picha @ Picha
16:00 Opening @ Picha
Performance “L’Orchestre Jeunes Etoiles des Astres de Lumata” presented by Uriel Orlow
17:00 Opening @ Mess
Performance “Lubumbashi 2050” by Dorine Mokha

Friday 25 October 2019

16:00 Opening @ Musée National de Lubumbashi
Performance “Tchon Tchoma” by Coletivo Cadjigue (Filipa César, Milena Iocha and Marinho Pina)
18:30 Opening @ Maison Wallonie-Bruxelles
19:30 Congolese première of the film Machini (DRC/BE, 2019, 10 min.) in the presence of Tétshim and Frank Mukunday

Saturday 26 October 2019

10:00 Forum Day 1 @ Lubumbashi University
18:00 Opening @ Institut Français
18:30 Film screenings
Matata by Petna Ndaliko Katondolo (DRC, 2019, 37 min.), Congolese première in the presence of Petna Ndaliko Katondolo and Chérie Rivers Katondolo
The Mermaids or Aidan in Wonderland by Karrabing Film Collective (AU, 2018, 27 min.)

Sunday 27 October 2019

16:00 Opening @ Lycée Tuendelee
18:30 Opening @ Complexe La Plage
19:00 Performance “Charging Tesla Crash, A Speculation”, a collaborative project by Jean Katambayi, Sammy Baloji, Daddy Tshikaya and Marjolijn Dijkmana (On-Trade-Off)

Monday 28 October 2019

10:00 Forum Day 2 @ Lubumbashi University
16:30 Opening @ Institut des Beaux-Arts de Lubumbashi and Complexe Kiwele
18:30 Performance-projection “Cidam Balabala” by Ruangrupa, Atelier Picha#1 in collaboration with DL Multimédia @ Espace Harlem des Arts, Gécamines

Tuesday 29 October 2019

11:00 Forum Day 3 @ Lubumbashi University
14:00 Site-specific event Atelier Picha #3 in collaboration with Market Photo Workshop @ Musée Yabili & Kamalondo
17:00 Concluding event @ Musée national de Lubumbashi

 

Image: Grada Kilomba, Illusions Vol. I and Vol. II, 2019