Xaraasi Xanne (Crossing Voices)/ Bijoux Cailloux, WAKA cinema, NW
The screening Xaraasi Xanne (Crossing Voices) take place in the context of the exhibition Bijoux Cailloux at NW, Open House for Contemporary Art and Film, in Aalst, Belgium presenting a selection of works by artist Guy Woueté, withing the WAKA Cinema, three film programmes in one day, compiled by Annabelle Aventurin. For the closing programme of Bijoux Cailloux by Guy Woueté, NW invited Annabelle Aventurin to curate a film program on the theme of labor within the framework of WAKA cinema.
Bijoux Cailloux takes inspiration from the context of Njombé-Penja, a historically and politically loaded commune in Cameroon where Woueté grew up. There, a few years ago he started the setting up of an institution, a laboratory of imagination, and a studio for artists in dialogue with local communities: WAKA Studio.
As a former colonial territory, Njombé-Penja is also known as a massive agricultural hub that has been in the hold of big corporations occupying its fertile lands for the expansion of monoculture. The neoliberal economy in Njombé-Penja has shaped and transformed its society by becoming a place of transit.
Thus, WAKA is an active attempt to shift the power dynamic in Njombé-Penja, explore the aftermaths of its history and in this process, Bijoux Cailloux plays a role as a transitional space, a step towards a collective making of new underground forms, ideas and gestures to build transnational territories of imagination.
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An invitation by Annabelle Aventurin and Guy Woueté
