‘A Troupe of African Musicians discovering Berlin’s Public Space, Music, Art, Activism, People…‘

at Yaam Berlin (close to Ostbahnhof directly at the Spree River)

Open Air Screening

Come and bring all your friends !

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Im November 2010 kam die kenianische Hip Hop Gruppe Ukoo Flani im Rahmen des vom Goethe-Institut Nairobi iniziierten Austausch Projekts BLNRB nach Berlin. Dort bekamen sie nicht nur die Chance mit Künstlern wie Jahcoozi, den Teichmann Brüdern, den Puppetmastaz u.v.m. zusammenzuarbeiten, sondern auch, an einigen der berühmt-berüchtigtsten Locations Berlins wie dem Yaam, Tacheles, RAW oder im Haus der Kulturen der Welt zu performen.

Auf ihrer Entdeckungsreise durch die Straßen, Hinterhöfe, Kulturzentren, Musikstudios und Künstlerateliers, aber auch durch etliche Dönerbuden, den kalten Winter und andere fremde Kuriositäten, begleitete sie die Culturalvideofoundation aus Nairobi, die nun ihren entstandenen Dokumentarfilm ‘Twende Berlin’ (Let’s go, Berlin!) vorstellt.

Twende Berlin ist ein Film über den öffentlichen Raum Berlins, den Erlebnissen und Abenteuern, die er für Bürger und Besucher bereit hält, aber auch den Herausforderungen und Schwierigkeiten, denen er aktuell ausgesetzt ist. Durch zahlreiche Aktionen der Protagonisten zur Gestaltung der Berliner Räume, aber auch durch die Vermittlung von theoretischen Grundlagen, entstand ein authentischer Einblick in den herrschenden Diskurs um den öffentlichen Raum, Gentrifizierung und die Rolle der ‘Creative Class’ – ein trotzdem sehr afrikanischer Film mit allerhand bekannten Gesichtern und viel Musik.

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This documentary is a film about urban spaces and the relationship to them as told through the eyes of a troupe of African Hip Hop artists in the streets of Berlin.

In 2010 the Hip Hop group Ukoo Flani went to Berlin in the framework of Goethe-Institut Nairobi’s project BLNRB. This gave them the chance to not only perform in one of Berlin’s most iconic venues, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, but also to meet different underground artists living and working there.

This documentary is not only a trip into the public space and public art scene of Berlin, but also a comparative study about the possible positive or negative impact of this emerging “creative class” in both Western and African metropolises. A film documentary about Berlin public space activism from an African perspective

TuneUp Session Crew spielt live music to short film im Mauerpark im Rahmen von www.shotandrun.de von Moviemiento. Der Film heisst “My trip to Berlin”. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine Playmobilfigur und Berlinbesucher, der sich im Mauerpark einen Trip gönnt.Stay Tuned!

14.00 – 18.00h: auf der FusionSessionBühne mit der Theaterkapelle Sonntags,- Ecke Gryphiusstrasse beim Suppe und Mucke Fest

21.00h Live Music to ( Short) Films im Rahmen von Shoot and Run . Wir spielen Live zu einem Kurzfilm der in 48h Stunden gefilmt und geschnitten wird.Wo? Mauerpark – Amphitheater!

Twende Berlin (Let’s go to Berlin)

Einen Film über Aktivismus im öffentlichen Raum in Berlin aus afrikanischer Perspektive. Ein Must See! Mit Partizipation des Raw Tempels und TuneUp e.V. Erstes öffentliches Screening in Berlin.
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“A documentary about urban spaces and our relationship to them as told through the eyes of a troupe of African hip-hop artists’. The social issue which underpins the documentary is the importance of public space and public art in contemporary society, and how and why western metropolises are affected by the emerging phenomenon of “gentrification”. Twende Berlin film documentary is an occasion for both: European and African urban citizens, a way to twist and subvert stereotypes and become both an object of social and cultural investigation to discover ourselves again in the eyes of a group of African hip hop artists and their super hero. ”

http://vide.carpeberlin.com/?id=25

This documentary is a film about urban spaces and our relationship to them as told through the eyes of a troupe of African hip-hop artists, produced by African based filmmakers.
After the success of Maskaniflani, an award-winning participatory documentary and music video about public art and public space in Kenya, the hiphop group ‘Ukooflani’ started to develop different projects to explore the urban space that they inhabit, using music and art. The group, is composed of 6 members plus”Upendo Hero” (the love hero) a mysterious character invented by Ukooflani to spread the message of love for public space.
Their big opportunity came when the Goethe Institut of Nairobi invited them to perform in Berlin. This gives them the chance to go to Europe and not only perform in one of the most iconic venues of the german capital, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, but also to meet different underground artists living and working there. The social issue which underpins the documentary is the importance of public space and public art in contemporary society, and how and why western metropolises are affected by the emerging phenomenon of “gentrification”
Ukooflani and Upendo Hero discover how artists and the so-called “creative class” become unwitting pawns in the shifting fortunes of Berlin neighbourhoods, as in many other cities. Seeking out low-rent areas they move in en masse, shift the demographic and profile of that space. This acts as a catalyst, increasing property values which can then often mean that the original inhabitants of these neighbourhoods can no longer afford to live there. Whilst these neighbourhoods were not necessarily always cohesive communities, often, and particularly in Berlin, they are. The city is, undeniably losing something. And this is what Ukoo flani and Upendo hero try to find out
They explore the city of Berlin, interacting with local citizens/activists, artists and the so called “creative class” to share with them their views and experiences about public space and public art. They try to understand why and how “gentrification” should and can be stopped in both European and African metropolises by making the “creative class” aware of its own political and cultural power. This documentary is not only a trip into the public space and public art scene of Berlin, but also a comparative study about the possible positive or negative impact of this emerging “creative class” in both Western and African metropolises, thanks also to the contribution of different urban sociologists from Kenyan and German universities.
Twende Berlin film documentary is an occasion for both: European and African urban citizens, a way to twist and
subvert stereotypes and become both an object of social and cultural investigation to discover ourselves again
in the eyes of a group of African hip hop artists and their super hero.

Zitat: culturalvideo.org

Unser Beitrag zum Film:

It s fotojournalism.

http://louise-culot.blogspot.com/

Manchmal spielt er auch in Berlin. Ich habe ihn gehört mit Burnt Friedmann und Jaki Liebezeit im Kino Babylon. Er nimmt auf in Friedmanns Nonplace Studio in Berlin

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Sein Video Kanal

Hier sein aktueller Film eleven Voices. Er wurde während Music Village in Griechenland produziert, an welchem er auch jährlich teilnimmt:

Watch Eleven Voices on Plushmusic

Vielen Dank an Clemenzza für den TIP!

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