Monster Truck

Farewell

FAREWELL (Germany/Nigeria)
A two-channel video installation by Monster Truck
Opening night: SAVVY Contemporary Gallery Berlin

THE BIGGEST PEOPLE WITH THE BIGGEST IDEAS
CAN BE SHOT DOWN BY
THE SMALLEST PEOPLE WITH THE SMALLEST MINDS

Inspired by the mythological figure of Mami Wata, a mermaid and water goddess feared and revered along the coast of West Africa, the first part of this video installation is centered around the Famous First Contact between Europe and Africa. Usually depicted with white skin and long, smooth hair, Mami Wata represents the foreign white woman and showcases an African perspective on the foreign continent Europe. What happens when we are the ones viewed from the outside? The entities of both the self and the foreign are shaken in their foundations, the western Enlightenment paradigm of cognition and discovery is faced by the perspective of those recognized and discovered.
In the second part we are transported into the present: the old gods and masters have abdicated, but in regards to cruelties the new rulers do not fall short. Between children’s games and military drill a scenario of affirmation and over-affirmation, of imitation and mockery in the tradition of African-European discourse is created. In this joint production with the youth theatre group ‘The Footprints’ from Lagos/Nigeria, within the framework of the video installation ‘Farewell’ a play and replay space for colonial history unfolds and opens up possibilities to question the repertoire of traditional images in a comic, childlike manner.

Concept/Stage direction: Sahar Rahimi Camera/Artistic contribution: Florian Krauss Cutting/ Sound: Aletta von Viettinghoff
Supported by the TURN Fund of the Federal Cultural Foundation, the Goethe Institute Nigeria and the IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen).

28. Mai. 2016
7:00 pm
Theater Rampe Stuttgart

27. Mai. 2016
7:00 pm
Theater Rampe Stuttgart

26. Mai. 2016
7:00 pm
Theater Rampe Stuttgart

25. Mai. 2016
7:00 pm
Theater Rampe Stuttgart

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8:00 pm

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Romafrika Film Festival Casa del Cinema Villa Borghese Roma

24. Nov. 2016
18:00 Uhr
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

25. Nov. 2016
06:00 pm
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

26. Nov. 2016
06:00 pm
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

27. Nov. 2016
06:00 pm
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

28. Nov. 2016
06:00 pm
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

29. Nov. 2016
06:00 pm
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

30. Nov. 2016
06:00 pm
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

01. Dez. 2016
06:00 pm
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

02. Dez. 2016
06:00 pm
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

03. Dez. 2016
18:00 Uhr
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

28. Sep. 2018
10:00 am
NTGent Gent

29. Sep. 2018
10:00 am
NTGent Gent

30. Sep. 2018
10:00 am
NTGent Gent