Extra City Kunsthal Antwerpen Thinking Architecture
The exhibition Avenue Patrice Lumumba is accompanied by a series of
events under the title Thinking Architecture, including lectures by
critic Kobena Mercer (UK) and filmmaker Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda (DRC) as well as
a series of screenings examining the legacy of Lumumba.
18 September 2009
18:30 Raoul Peck, Lumumba: Death of a Prophet (film, 69 min, 1992)
20:00 Kobena Mercer, The Future in Ruins: Reflections on African
Modernity (lecture in English)
23 October 2009
18:30 Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Juju Factory (film, 97 min, 2006)
20:30 Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, The Nigger Who Dared Conquer the Sky
(lecture in English)
22:00 Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, We too walked on the moon (film, 15 min,
2009)
This program is curated by Annett Busch and is supported by the Graham
Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, and
deBuren.