Wanuri Kahiu: Fun, fierce and fantastical African art
Vanuri Kahiju (Wanuri Kahiu): Zabavna, žestoka i bajkovita afrička umetnost
Wanuri Kahiu wants to curate, commission and create art that celebrates fun, fierce and frivolous Africa. Full bio
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pričala bi mi najluđe priče
she'd tell the craziest stories
sa njenom bujnom maštom.
with her overactive imagination.
da ako jedemo mnogo soli,
was that if you eat a lot of salt,
with science fiction,
sa naučnom fantastikom
naučnu fantastiku i fantastiku,
my own science fiction and fantasy,
bili smatrani neafričkim.
was considered un-African.
„Šta je afričko?“
where only serious things happen.
gde se samo ozbiljne stvari dešavaju.
neko će uvek pitati:
someone will always ask,
pustošenje ili sida?“
koje žele da idu u svemir
that want to go to space
agenda art isn't important;
that write about HIV and radicalization
that comes out of the continent.
koja dolazi sa kontinenta.
is still being realized.
se još uvek sagledava.
od pomoći za razvoj,
on developmental aid.
oruđe za ideologiju.
viđamo samo jednu sliku sebe
one image of ourselves for so long
treba nam novi način,
radi umetnosti.
koja nije vođena politikom,
that is not policy-driven
umetnici „Afričke žvakaće gume“.
zamke korišćenja u promotivne svrhe.
for its potential poverty porn pitfalls.
slične Bekdelovom testu
that are similar to the Bechdel test,
o nečem drugom osim o muškarcu.]
u ovom književnom delu zdrava?
in this piece of fiction healthy?
finansijski dobrostojeća
and not in need of saving?
na dva ili više od ovih pitanja,
to two or more of these questions,
„Afričke žvakaće gume“.
slike Afrikanaca koji su puni života,
images of Africans who were vibrant
da možda zaslužujemo više sreće?
we're worthy of more happiness?
o zajedničkoj humanosti
through our shared joy?
koja mi daju neizmernu radost
that give me immeasurable joy,
koje rizikuju sve da spasu biljke,
everything to save plants
u sadašnjem podeljenom svetu,
in this current splintered world
da bismo i dalje održali nadu.
requires diligence.
u stvaranju, predstavljanju i naručivanju
in creating, curating and commissioning
„Afričke žvakaće gume“,
za drugačiji pogled na svet,
for a different view of the world,
na zabavnu, žestoku i besmislenu umetnost
fierce and frivolous art
unseriously African.
„Afričke žvakaće gume“
nego što možete da zamislite.
than you can imagine.
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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