FAVT: Future Africa Visions in Time is an exhibition that travelled for many years around the globe: for example Brasil, Kuba, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Uganda.
Launched last month the Kandt Museum in Rwanda, the event attracted a diverse & cosmopolitan audience of Kigalians from all walks of life, diplomats, professionals, students, creatives and tourists immersed in a universe of arts, paintings, sculptures, sounds and visual installations created by a selected and commissioned artists from Rwanda, USA, Mozambic, Uganda, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
On Wednesday 11 December is the last opportunity to see the work of this plethora of panafrican artists!!
Supported by the Goethe Institut Kigali and local cultural center. Kigali is FAVT last stop for 2019: a reason to celebrate! ENTRANCE is FREE and drinks will be served.
Beefing up the closing night of this month-long, is a live performance by the creative collective #componentsRW, a musical project whose aims is to explore, experiment, educate and inspire.
Rooted in both the UK club culture and Rwandan performing style, the presentation of the new work is a DJ-led multi media and multi disciplinary collaborative piece featuring a slew of progressive Rwandan artists from various disciplines.
#componentsRW (by afrogroov) is a collaborative project initiated by Rwandese DJ & Music curator Kirenga Karengera also known as Eric Soul, it brings together a network of creative power-houses from Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and the UK.
This DJ-led live music project explores & translates multi-disciplinary traditional African art forms in innovative ways, with a focus on the unique rhythm signatures and story-telling style of the region. Rwandese sounds, culture and artistry are barely known outside the country borders. It is yet to be unearthed, discovered and shared with the world.
#componentsRW brings these talents and performing styles together for a live musical journey fusing these elements in a seamless piece of East African traditional soulful vibes and futuristic Black music sonic tapestry.
Since its inception, componentsRW has toured regional festivals & events in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and more to the delight of foreign audiences hence for many it will be their first time to witness this boundary-pushing and experimental expression of Rwandan artistic performance style across traditional, urban and contemporary style.
For their FAVT's performance, the DJ is joined by the sensational singer/rapper/poetess Angell Mutoni, the multi talented traditional instrumentalist Munyakazi Deo, the soulful singer songwriter Mike Kayihura and the energetic contemporary/traditional dancer Yannick Kamanzi.
Produced and supported by
The Goethe Institute Rwanda
INMR (Institut National of Museums of Rwanda)
FAVT (Future Africa Vision in Time)
Watch componentsRW live performance at ONGEA 2017 - Kenya
