Faustin Linyekula has been telling stories for a decade. Stories from the Congo, his native country, and the bodies marked by history and violence.
Faustin Linyekula has been telling stories for a decade. Stories from the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, the Belgian Congo, names that have been given to the country throughout its existence. In their stories, the bodies appear marked by history and violence.
How can a body speak, leaving the word behind, even for a moment? Should we leave our traveling companions behind to return to ourselves? How do we remember dance, or at least a romantic idea of dance, something that happens in the moment before the words, just before the scream, the story, or in the space right after?
On this journey into himself, Linyekula boards a train that no longer exists, whose tracks have been swallowed by the thicket. He looks for what keeps disappearing, dances those dances that have been prohibited by the new times, and finds the drum master from Obilo, his childhood town, who has renounced rhythm to become a Christian pastor.
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Duration 55 minutes
Recommendation +9
Language French with Spanish subtitles
January 5 to 7, 2017
Thu to Sat – 9 p.m.
Room A2
Building A, floor 1
$12,000 General.
$14,000 Preferential