The corona revealed the importance of returning to communities, to their memories and knowledge, to their collective intelligence. It highlighted the essential character of solidarity between humans, but also with living beings with which we coexist.
Achille Mbembe
AGORAS
AGORA # 1
AGORA # 2
Commons from the souths
Technologies,
ethics and commons.
Moderator
Molemo Moiloa
Moderator
Estelle Demarcke
The festival opens with the first agora which offers a discussion on the theme: common from the south with the artistic organizations Arts Collaboratory, Platohedro, Kër Thiossane and Waza
The second agora questions the ethical issues of emerging technologies to contribute to the commons, with Bado Ndoye, Alain Kiyindou, Filipe Vilas-Boas, Marta Revuelta Fode Diop
AGORA # 3
Art and AI
Moderator
Delphine Buysse
The third agora offers a cross-discussion between artists and curators on the place of AI in artistic creation with guest curators Tegan Bristow, Marie Du Chastel, Sabine Himmelsbach
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP # 1
WORKSHOP # 2
AI INITIATION
Tsimologong/GalsenAI
ANTHROPOIDS
Ugo Dehaes
A workshop for teenagers who want to learn the basics of programming and robotics. Come and create your own customized anthropoid!
A workshop for the artists who want to experiment with the specific technique AI such as GAN, one of the most widely used applications of AI in art.
RESIDENCY 1
MARCUS NEUSTETTER
For the residency in the Afropixel#8 festival, Marcus Neustetter invites 12 artists from the African continent to participate in a series of creative co-production sessions on Zoom and WhatsApp to develop a collective narrative and explore the notion of a shared vision for the future. Embark on a virtual experience with Marcus Neustetter's participatory performances.
RESIDENCY 2
NANISOKA COLLECTIVE
For its residency, the Nani$ôka collective invites 3 artists from the African continent to design a digital mask (story, legend and action) and to experiment with new formats through the creation of collective narration told in video (production, story and use) and Instagram filters.
RESIDENCIES
AGENDA
AGORA
Live on social networks
March 10 3 p.m. GMT
March 17 3 p.m. GMT
March 24 3 p.m. GMT
WORKSHOP 1
@Ker Thiossane: on registration
March 27 3 p.m. GMT
April 3 3 p.m. GMT
WORKSHOP 2
@Ker Thiossane
April 7 10 am GMT
April 8 10 am GMT
RESIDENCE 1
Online Performance
April 9 6 p.m. GMT
April 10 6 p.m. GMT
RESIDENCE 2
Instagram and website
March 20 3 p.m. GMT
April 5 3 p.m. GMT
DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL
AFROPIXEL#8
SPONSORS
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