Wanuri Kahiu: Fun, fierce and fantastical African art
Wanuri Kahiu: Zábavné, divoké a fantastické africké umění
Wanuri Kahiu wants to curate, commission and create art that celebrates fun, fierce and frivolous Africa. Full bio
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she'd tell the craziest stories
vyprávěla hrozně šílené příběhy,
with her overactive imagination.
s její přespříliš barvitou fantazií.
was that if you eat a lot of salt,
že když člověk jí moc soli,
with science fiction,
my own science fiction and fantasy,
vlastní vědeckofantastické příběhy,
was considered un-African.
považované za neafrické.
"Co je africké?"
where only serious things happen.
kde se dějí jen vážné věci.
someone will always ask,
vždycky se někdo zeptá:
that want to go to space
z Nairobi, které chtějí do vesmíru,
agenda art isn't important;
umění není důležité.
that write about HIV and radicalization
představeními o HIV, radikalizaci
that comes out of the continent.
které vzejde z tohoto kontinentu.
is still being realized.
vnímána jen skrz své problémy.
on developmental aid.
na rozvojové pomoci,
pro propagandu.
one image of ourselves for so long
soustředili na jednu konkrétní věc,
potřebujeme nový úhel pohledu
that is not policy-driven
motivováno politicky,
takový druh umění.
for its potential poverty porn pitfalls.
abychom se vyhnuli nástrahám patosu.
that are similar to the Bechdel test,
in this piece of fiction healthy?
alespoň dva Afričané zdraví?
and not in need of saving?
situaci bez nutnosti šetřit?
to two or more of these questions,
můžeme odpovědět Ano,
images of Africans who were vibrant
Afričany plné života,
we're worthy of more happiness?
že si zasloužíme víc štěstí?
through our shared joy?
a sdílenou radost?
that give me immeasurable joy,
která mě dělají šťastnou,
everything to save plants
které riskují všechno pro záchranu rostlin
in this current splintered world
v dnešním rozbitém světě,
requires diligence.
in creating, curating and commissioning
a budete tvořit, organizovat a podporovat
for a different view of the world,
fierce and frivolous art
divokém a lehkomyslném umění
unseriously African.
co v Africe není vážné.
than you can imagine.
než si umíte představit.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Wanuri Kahiu - Filmmaker, writerWanuri Kahiu wants to curate, commission and create art that celebrates fun, fierce and frivolous Africa.
Why you should listen
Born in Nairobi, TED Fellow Wanuri Kahiu is part of the new generation of African filmmakers. Her films have received international acclaim and have been screened in more than 100 film festivals around the world. To date, Kahiu has written and directed six films and is working on her second feature length film.
Kahiu's first feature film, From a Whisper, based on the real events surrounding the 1998 twin bombings of US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, won Best Narrative Feature in 2010 at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles as well as five awards at the African Movie Academy Award, including Best Director and Best Screenplay.
In 2009 Wanuri produced TV documentary For Our Land about Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai for MNET, a pan-African cable station. In 2010, her short science fiction Pumzi premiered at Sundance and went on to win best short film at Cannes and the silver at Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. Pumzi also earned Kahiu the Citta di Venezia 2010 award in Venice, Italy. She is currently in post production on her second feature film, Rafiki, as well as a feature length documentary Ger about UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ger Duany.
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