Graduation Festival KABK 2014
From 12-17 July, meeting new friends and reuniting with old ones was exciting. I may have welcomed you in my 'cinema', if not, the film Trouble in Paradise will soon be on vimeo. It is both provocative and easy on the eye, with a deceptively homely atmosphere in the golden-walled Docentenkamer (teachers' staff room) at the KABK. My location included the corridor, and staircase. We were in a small world, at the outer extremities of the KABK buildings. Three of us, interested in the relationship between Europe and Africa decided to work together on a theme - Remembering Forgotten Histories
Trouble in Paradise resonated most with older people with long, deep memories. Some young people stayed and watched it too, and I met some interesting characters that I will hope to meet again. The theme is about the present as well as about history. Today, 8000 Kenyan families are suing the UK government through UK courts for crimes against Mau Mau 'terrorist' suspects in the 1950s. The contemporary relevance of Lumumba's death is discussed in the film voice-over by Balufu, a Belgo-Congolese film maker. The common history of Congo-Scotland-Belgium also binds my family to Trouble in Paradise.
Trouble in Paradise resonated most with older people with long, deep memories. Some young people stayed and watched it too, and I met some interesting characters that I will hope to meet again. The theme is about the present as well as about history. Today, 8000 Kenyan families are suing the UK government through UK courts for crimes against Mau Mau 'terrorist' suspects in the 1950s. The contemporary relevance of Lumumba's death is discussed in the film voice-over by Balufu, a Belgo-Congolese film maker. The common history of Congo-Scotland-Belgium also binds my family to Trouble in Paradise.
LINKS to blogs that discussed the exhibition
This blog was one of the first to report on our work.
The very last image here.
This blog actually got round the entire Academy.
Work by some fellow graduates in Fine Art
This blog was one of the first to report on our work.
The very last image here.
This blog actually got round the entire Academy.
Work by some fellow graduates in Fine Art