‘In My Room’ | The hypnotic portrait of a lockdown through the voice of a grandmother
If the premiere of Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-speaking short film The Human Voice seemed to be the event of the 2020 edition of the Venice film festival, In My Room is I bel..
‘In Praise Of Still Boys’ | Sierra Leonian poet and filmmaker Julianknxx on the complexity of ancestry
“There’s this need to tell useful and meaningful stories,” says Julianknxx about his body of work. The London-based Sierra Leonean artist didn’t set out to become a poet, “It jus..
Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin | Orientations, energy and new grammars in Գիշեր | gisher
Գիշեր | gisher is the new video performance of the artist, independent researcher and queer agitator of Armenian descent Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin, on stage on 8 and 9 September a..
Mélissa Laveaux en conversation avec Lala &ce
Après une entrevue avec la très charismatique Lala &ce, j’ai eu l’occasion de faire la découverte d’une jeune artiste militante, aux profondes convictions et possédant un flair s..
Monira Al Qadiri on the end of oil and documenting petro-culture for a post-oil world
Born in Senegal, educated in Japan and currently based in Germany, Kuwaiti visual artist Monira al Qadiri came of age during the rapid transformation of Kuwait from one of the wo..
‘Artists are not just entertainers’ | Ethiopian Records on survival and togetherness in his new double EP, WEL
Solidarity, altruism, sharing, putting oneself in another’s shoes are ephemeral concepts in our ultra capitalistic contemporary society which assume new shape and form according ..
“As a country, we would like to thank you” | Why Elaine is transforming South Africa’s R&B landscape
Being used to good music from South Africa, Ndivhuwo Elaine Mukheli, known professionally as Elaine caught seemingly everyone unprepared in 2019, when she burst into the scene wi..
These six albums will spice up your summer 2020
Arca, KiCk i
Arca has never held back over the years, and — luckily for us — not just musically speaking. Unapologetically defying heteronormative ideas and societal constrain..
Àsìkò’s visual representation of emotions | The personal becomes universal
Ade Okelarin is the London-born Lagos bred artist who goes by the name Àsìkò. Using photography, mixed media and film, his works explore complex, multidimensional themes such as ..
‘Black is King’ | Beyoncé reverses colonial stereotypes and shows Black Americans’ broken dreams
One year after the release of the remake of The Lion King (Jon Favreau, 2019), Disney and Parkwood Entertainment have recently released Beyoncé’s new visual album, Black is King…