Thanks to its partnership with Africalia and its Global Citizenship Education programme, the KVS invites you on November 24 and 25 to join an evening dedicated to the art of slam. The Congolese slam poet, Do Nsoseme Dora, and the filmmaker/scenographer, Fabrice Kalonji, will come from Kinshasa to share the stage with Belgian artists from the Congolese diaspora to provide the audience with a modern and interurban experience.
The world is changing rapidly! Especially in the city with an influx of new people and new forms of art. KVS therefore plans to bring the amazingly inspiring artistic undercurrent of the street to the stage. Which explains SLOW. Through spoken word and urban theatre, SLOW (Slam our World) gives us a unique artistic perspective of our world. An international guest will be invited to each SLOW session. Following several weeks’ residency in Brussels, s/he will share the KVS stage with local artists, in an attempt that is both heroic and vulnerable, to capture the colourful, multi-faceted soul of the city in verse.
For the third SLOW session, KVS is inviting a slam poet from Kinshasa: Do Nsoseme Dora. Slam is extremely popular in the Congolese capital – as a poetic and eloquent, but simultaneously powerful and urgent way for engaged artists to share their vision of society, daily life and politics with the audience. Slam exists by way of competitions and performances, and is a form that feels at once contemporary and age-old: it is reminiscent of the storytellers or griots who have fulfilled an essential role in oral culture for centuries.
Last summer, KVS travelled to Kinshasa with Pitcho Womba Konga and Roland Dumbi-Kabangu, two Brussels artists from the Congolese diaspora. Together, they worked with six slammers and six filmmakers. The result? New interdisciplinary cross-pollinations and a series of experimental video poems, in which word and image come together in the most exciting ways. In November, we will be presenting the clips from Kinshasa at KVS ánd one of the duos will come to KVS for this special edition of Slam our World. Knowing Kinshasa’s intrepid artistic climate, where Brussels is half-jokingly known as ‘Lola’ – ‘Paradise’ in Lingala –, this SLOW will offer a unique window on both capitals.
On the 24th and 25th of November, we will be presenting the poems’ video clips from Kinshasa at KVS and one of the duos – slam poet Do Nsoseme Dora and filmmaker/scenographer Fabrice Kalonji – will come to KVS for this special edition of Slam our World. Knowing Kinshasa’s intrepid artistic climate, where Brussels is half-jokingly known as ‘Lola’ (‘Paradise’ in Lingala), this SLOW will offer a unique window on both capitals.
Dates: 24-25/11/17, 20:30
Location: KVS BOX, Arduinkaai 7, 1000 Brussel
Price: 17€ (reduction 13€/9€)
Tickets: buy online
More information: www.kvs.be or Facebook
In the press: Le Vif, Poésie qui claque par Estelle Spoto (27.10.2017)
By & with: Dora Nsosmeme Do, Fabrice Kalonji Malabar, Pitcho Womba Konga, Yousra Dahry, Lila Magnin, Annie Deltour, Maître Shaolin, Léïla Duquaine, Junior Akwety, Lisette Ma Neza, Giovanni Baudonck, Bhelly Bompolonga, Roland Dumbi-Kabangu, Doris Bokongo Nkumu & Nathalie Bokongo Nkumu (Les Mybales). Texts: Dora Nsosmeme Do, Pitcho Womba Konga, Yousra Dahry, Léïla Duquaine, Giovanni Baudonck, Lisette Ma Neza, Sukina Douglas. Videos: Dora Nsosmeme Do, Fabrice Kalonji Malabar, Anny Tsonga, Peter Komondua, Micromega Jb Bokoli, Evy Bandefu, Dolet Malalu, Dekin Nzila Bambi, Bob Moussa, Wezam Moimi, Orakle Yollande Ngoy. Expo photo: Nganji. Dramaturgy: Kristin Rogghe. Production: KVS. Coproduction: Africalia. In collaboration with: Mestizo Arts Festival, Plateforme Contemporaine, Slameke, Kuumba. With the support of: the Brussels-Capital Region.
