Afropollination aims to encapsulate the process of artistic and social cultural pollination, facilitating creative encounters between artists, genres, disciplines, identities, ideas, cultures, technologies, and communities from various regions of Africa and Germany. Among other, the artists will take part in residencies to create new work, and host workshops.
Within this project two live improvised sets by Ugandan DIY synth builder Afrorack will be featured, who will perform on different nights with sound artist Jessica Ekomane, and legendary improviser Limpe Fuchs respectively. Rwandan producer Binghi collaborates with Berlin-based singer and dancer Astan KA, while the new trio INSHINZI sees future-forward bass music proponent Bloomfeld take on a b2b set with Pussy Party resident Phatstoki and Rwandan MC/vocalist Miziguruka who works with themes of resilience, the female body, female freedoms, and memory. Berlin-based producer and frequent Nyege Nyege collaborator Debmaster joins pioneering gqom producer Menzi, who has crafted a unique sound by diverting from the genre's usual structures and arrangements. Adopting the stage name 3OK, prolific collaborator Zoë Mc Pherson will appear with DJ Diaki – whose hard-thumping electro balani live sets channel the quintessential African rave sound – and Jay Mitta, one of the core producers of Sisso Studios – the Dar es Salaam collective responsible for popularising singeli worldwide. The inimitable dance duo Nana and Zai join the fray on two separate occasions.
Afropollination is a project by Piranha Arts and Boutique Foundation / Nyege Nyege in collaboration with MS Stubnitz, Cosmo Radio, Festsaal Kreuzberg, and CTM Festival. Funded by the Fonds TURN2 of the Federal Cultural Foundation of Germany.
