Blick Bassy, GOTOPO and others
Curated by Melissa Perales
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| Free admission |
| Seats: ticket booking required. Advance booking: 21 days in advance. Some tickets may be available from the box office. Standing tickets: no booking required. |
| The event will also take place in case of bad weather. If necessary, rain ponchos will be distributed. Please comply with the hygiene rules below. |
| Doors open: 19:00 |
| English, No language skills required |
| Accessible for wheelchairs |
| Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard |
| Belongs to: Airing Out. Open Air in the Schlüter Courtyard |
A diverse programme with live concerts, DJ sets, discussions, video art and performances offers the spotlight on artists whose work is a statement for a polyphonic, hybrid, and interconnected idea of culture, history and identity, regardless of their musical genres or countries of origin.
Together, they aim to create an interdisciplinary and cross cultural stage which intersects with a local and global community, inviting the audience to celebrate their talents and be part of a dialogue. The Berlin-based music curator Melissa Perales has created a programme of events on the main stage to invite a diverse community of musicians, artists, performers, thinkers and activists into the Schlüter Courtyard. Melissa Perales said of her programme: “The audience is invited to join us on a journey: Over the course of six weeks, the programme will bring together a group of talents who claim space, through their music and words for a critical dialogue. Who bring forth their individual stories, ask difficult questions, and give a voice to their ancestors. Our hope is that this spark will continue beyond the summer in discussions inside the Humboldt Forum spaces, and resonate beyond.”
Texas born, Berlin based, Arielle Cottingham is an Afro-Latina poet, performance artist and dancer. Her work is a multidisciplinary interplay of the spoken word and the body.
Language: English
GOTOPO is a Latin-American soundtrack of the future. Their debut single Malembe takes listeners on a journey from pre-Hispanic times to post-colonialism, in a dramatic expression of female indigenous and Afro-Latino elegance. An artist at the intersection of academia and pop culture, GOTOPO is also a member of the Resident Music Collective, who have produced sound installations for the portals at the Humboldt Forum. ‘Gotopos latin futurist soundtrack sounds like FKA Twigs, Bomba Estéreo and The Weekend meeting and flirting in a nightclub in Bogotá.’ (Press text)
Blick Bassy’s 2019 album, entitled 1958, is dedicated to the memory of Um Nyobé, Félix Moumié, and all the other heroes and heroines of Cameroonian independence. But the music in which Blick Bassy wraps these themes and memories sounds more like a balm of seductive tenderness and sadness than an expression of revenge. With a sensitive falsetto voice, this songwriter builds onomatopoeic miniatures out of Bassa traditions, blues, and elements of classical music.
‘Imagine a West African artist with the tender subversive touch of Bon Iver, the haunting falsetto of Skip James, the razor-sharp mind of Akala and the inventiveness of Moses Sumney – and you’ve got Blick Bassy.’ (No Format! Label)
Hygiene rules
- Visitors are required to complete the accreditation process before attending the event using the Robert Koch Institute’s “Corona Warn-App” (available via the Apple App Store and Google Play), which requires each visitor to submit their personal information.
- All visitors who are within the premises are required to carry along a medical mask that covers their nose and their mouth.
- Home-made coverings, scarves, cravats and non-medical masks are not considered acceptable replacements for medical masks.
- Visitors are required to wear their masks in all areas of the event where it is not possible to maintain a minimum social distance of 1.5m from other visitors. Masks may be removed when visitors are seated.
- There is no requirement for visitors to be tested for Covid-19 before visiting the daytime or evening events.