Art For Humanity on the DUT City Campus
will host a film screening of Ifu
Elimnyama: The Dark Cloud and interactive presentation by Russel Hlongwane
on March 4, 2020.
Ifu
Elimnyama: The Dark Cloud is a trans-media project
that spans the disciplines of film, performance and text by Russel Hlongwane
(Durban). The work takes Zulu cosmology, folklore and systems of transcendence
and places them within a digital framework.
Ifu
Elimnyama attempts to converge contrasting lineages
of knowledge production (Western and indigenous) through science, folklore, the
digital and cosmology. The work centres on themes of Afro-pessimism, futurity,
neo-capitalistic (African) states and invites an ontological approach to the
digital culture. It currently exists as a narrative-led performance piece, an
experimental film and critical text, with other iterations under production.
The film was given the Jury Award at Sharjah Film Platform (SFP), in November
2019.
Russel Hlongwane is a cultural producer and
creative industries consultant based in Durban. His work is located at the
intersection of Heritage/ Modernity and Culture/ Tradition as it applies to
various disciplines of artistic practice. His said practice includes cultural
research, creative producing, design, curatorship and the creative economy.
The screening will take place on March 4,
2020, from 12h00 to 15h30 on the City Campus, Durban University of Technology. This
will be followed by a Q&A session. Light lunch will be served.
For more information contact 031 373 6610.
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