Screening
Directed by neopan kollektiv
July 4, 2019
1st Floor
Movie night: A Story of Sahel Sounds (2016, 82min)
Shot across three continents, ‘A Story of Sahel Sounds’ follows Christopher Kirkley’s multi-disciplinary project to explore the arts and music of the Sahel region through non-traditional ethnographic fieldwork. Parts road-trip movie, portrait and music documentary, ‘A Story of Sahel Sounds’ follows Chris from Portland to Niger, on the road from the capital to Agadez – the gateway to the Saharan Desert – as he meets with long-term collaborators and new artists.
Visa calamities, hair salons and a European tour intersect with dreams of America, where cell-phone recordings are pressed onto high-fidelity vinyl discs for audiences of the future. Amidst asymmetrical power differentials, expanding globalism and new possibilities to claim musical and artistic independence, the artists try to reach for success - on stages and on cellphones.
‘A Story of Sahel Sounds’ is screened as part of the exhibition 'Sounding the Void, Imaging the Orchestra V.1', curated by Bhavisha Panchia.
Music performed by: Talia, Takamba de Niambey, Mona, Hama, Fatou Seïdi Ghali, Les filles de Illighadad, Mdou Moctar, mamman Sani, Lakal Kaney, Etran de L`Aïr
Shot across three continents, ‘A Story of Sahel Sounds’ follows Christopher Kirkley’s multi-disciplinary project to explore the arts and music of the Sahel region through non-traditional ethnographic fieldwork. Parts road-trip movie, portrait and music documentary, ‘A Story of Sahel Sounds’ follows Chris from Portland to Niger, on the road from the capital to Agadez – the gateway to the Saharan Desert – as he meets with long-term collaborators and new artists.
Visa calamities, hair salons and a European tour intersect with dreams of America, where cell-phone recordings are pressed onto high-fidelity vinyl discs for audiences of the future. Amidst asymmetrical power differentials, expanding globalism and new possibilities to claim musical and artistic independence, the artists try to reach for success - on stages and on cellphones.
‘A Story of Sahel Sounds’ is screened as part of the exhibition 'Sounding the Void, Imaging the Orchestra V.1', curated by Bhavisha Panchia.
Music performed by: Talia, Takamba de Niambey, Mona, Hama, Fatou Seïdi Ghali, Les filles de Illighadad, Mdou Moctar, mamman Sani, Lakal Kaney, Etran de L`Aïr