Event overview
To take back the gold that was stolen from us - this is the object of our actions. NB Change of venue to Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre
As part of the Department of Music's PureGold season, we host the UK premiere screening of 'Lettres du Voyant', a film by Louis Henderson, followed by a Q&A session.
'Lettres du Voyant is a documentary-fiction about spiritism and technology in contemporary Ghana, which attempts to uncover some truths about a mysterious practice called "Sakawa" - internet scams mixed with voodoo magic. Tracing back the scammers’ stories to the times of Ghanaian independence, the film proposes Sakawa as a form of anti-neocolonial resistance.
The film takes the form of a voyage through a network of digitised mine shafts that lead the viewer to each of the film’s locations ; a gold mine, an e-waste dump, a voodoo ritual or a discotheque for example. A character recounts a story through reading a series of letters that he has written to the film’s author - letters that speak about the colonial history of Ghana, of gold, of technology.
The film has been screened at various film festivals including
CPH:DOX 2013 (New Visions Competition)
- Kassel Dok Fest (Golden Key Award)
- Transmediale - Haus der Kulteren der Welt - Berlin
- Luxor African Film Festival (International Competition)
- Louisiana Museum of Modern Art - Denmark
A Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains production
copyright: Louis Henderson/Le Fresnoy
View the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/61732174
Free, all welcome - not just for graduates!
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2014 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm |
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