Wanuri Kahiu: Fun, fierce and fantastical African art
Γουανούρι Κάχιου: Χαρούμενη, δυναμική και φανταστική Αφρικανική τέχνη
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
μου έλεγε τις πιο τρελές ιστορίες
with her overactive imagination.
και τη φαντασία της.
was that if you eat a lot of salt,
ήταν ότι αν φας πολύ αλάτι,
with science fiction,
με την επιστημονική φαντασία,
my own science fiction and fantasy,
δική μου επιστημονική φαντασία,
was considered un-African.
την είδαν ως μη Αφρικανική.
where only serious things happen.
μόνο σοβαρά πράγματα συμβαίνουν
someone will always ask,
κάπου, κάποιος θα ρωτήσει
Αφρικανικά προβλήματα
η απελπισία η το AIDS;»
that want to go to space
για συγκροτήματα ποπ του Ναϊρόμπι
δυναμική και ανέμελη,
agenda art isn't important;
δεν είναι σημαντική,
that write about HIV and radicalization
σχετικά με το AIDS, τη ριζοσπαστικοποίηση
των γυναικείων γεννητικών οργάνων.
that comes out of the continent.
που έρχεται από την ήπειρο.
is still being realized.
είναι ότι ακόμα γράφεται.
on developmental aid.
για την ατζέντα.
one image of ourselves for so long
του εαυτού μας για καιρό
χρειαζόμαστε νέο τρόπο,
για το καλό της τέχνης.
that is not policy-driven
δεν είναι πολιτικά επηρεασμένη
ΑφροΤσιχλόφουσκοι.
for its potential poverty porn pitfalls.
για τα πιθανά προβλήματα της.
that are similar to the Bechdel test,
όπως του Μπεχτέλ,
in this piece of fiction healthy?
υγιείς σε αυτή την ιστορία;
and not in need of saving?
και δεν κινδυνεύουν από τη πείνα;
to two or more of these questions,
σε δυο ή περισσότερες ερωτήσεις,
images of Africans who were vibrant
από Αφρικανούς που είναι ζωηροί
για τους εαυτούς μας;
we're worthy of more happiness?
περισσότερη ευτυχία;
through our shared joy?
μέσα από τη μοιρασμένη μας χαρά;
that give me immeasurable joy,
που μου δίνουν απέραντη χαρά,
everything to save plants
τα πάντα για να σώσουν φυτά
in this current splintered world
σε αυτό το μοιρασμένο κόσμο
requires diligence.
in creating, curating and commissioning
και να προωθήσουμε
for a different view of the world,
για διαφορετική ματιά στο κόσμο,
fierce and frivolous art
unseriously African.
than you can imagine.
από ό,τι φαντάζεστε.
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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