Wanuri Kahiu: Fun, fierce and fantastical African art
Wanuri Kahiu: Artă africană amuzantă, energică și fantastică
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
îmi spunea cele mai nebunești povești
with her overactive imagination.
cu imaginația ei hiperactivă.
was that if you eat a lot of salt,
este că dacă mănânci multă sare,
with science fiction,
prima mea experiență cu ficțiunea
my own science fiction and fantasy,
propria-mi ficțiune și fantezie,
was considered un-African.
non-africană.
where only serious things happen.
unde se întâmplă doar lucruri serioase.
someone will always ask,
undeva, invariabil, cineva va întreba:
devastarea sau SIDA?”
that want to go to space
din Nairobi care vor să meargă-n spațiu
agenda art isn't important;
nu e importantă;
unei organizații caritabile
that write about HIV and radicalization
care vorbesc despre SIDA și radicalizare
that comes out of the continent.
ce reprezintă continentul.
is still being realized.
încă este conștientizat.
on developmental aid.
de sprijin pentru dezvoltare.
pentru ordinea de zi.
one image of ourselves for so long
doar o imagine a noastră atâta timp,
avem nevoie de un nou mod,
e o nouă abordare.
that is not policy-driven
care nu e condusă de vreo politică
for its potential poverty porn pitfalls.
după potențialele capcane ale sărăciei.
that are similar to the Bechdel test,
asemănătoare testului Bechdel
in this piece of fiction healthy?
în această lucrare de ficțiune?
and not in need of saving?
și nu au nevoie să fie salvați?
la două sau mai multe întrebări,
to two or more of these questions,
images of Africans who were vibrant
imagini cu africani plini de viață,
we're worthy of more happiness?
mai multă fericire?
through our shared joy?
prin bucuria noastră împărtășită?
that give me immeasurable joy,
care-mi dau o bucurie nemăsurată,
everything to save plants
ca să salveze plante
mai cu seamă fericită.
in this current splintered world
în această lume fragmentată de azi,
requires diligence.
este nevoie de sârguință.
in creating, curating and commissioning
o să creăm, organizăm sau autorizăm
o perspectivă nouă asupra lumii,
for a different view of the world,
în mod ciudat
fierce and frivolous art
energică și frivolă
unseriously African.
neserios de africane.
than you can imagine.
decât vă puteți imagina.
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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