Programm

WE x OKRA COLLECTIVE w/ NKISI – KA-RABA – FONCÉ – MUKUNA – AKWASI GLENN - MAFOU

Joining Forces with PROGR x WE /w OKRA COLLECTIVE

NKISI (UK)

Nkisi produces intense powerful sonics influenced by ancient Congolese rhythm and noise, planetary electromagnetism and experimental improvisation. The creative musician and visual artist is one of the co-founders of the now legendary NON Worldwide platform. She recently launched both her label INITIATION and research platform ‘The Secret Institute’ - exploring the secrets and mysteries of vibrational rhythm, ritual as a socio-political tool, invisible gestural sonics, noise tantra and strategies of trance. Nkisi has performed at countless festivals throughout Europe such as Semibreve, Terraforma and Unsound, and at respected nightlife venues such as De School, The White Hotel and Inkonst. She has travelled extensively as a touring artist, performing at New York’s Dweller Festival and Montreal’s MUTEK. With a richly embedded and multilayered practice, Nkisi has worked with and inside esteemed institutions such as Palais de Tokyo, Callie’s Berlin and Wysing Arts Centre.

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OKRA is a collective of Black multidisciplinary creatives. We aim to create collaborative practices to empower and support BIPoC communities. We are committed to create party spaces that are sensitive to different forms of discrimination and to bring artists who are in alignment with our vision to the forefront.
Our collective was founded in the summer of 2020. We have since gone on to create and co-create numerous parties and events all throughout Switzerland, which have acted as spaces of community, connection & networking.
In a quite short amount of time, we have managed to establish a broad network of BIPoC artists both nationally and internationally.
One of our core values is to be intentional with our collaborations and translate this approach into the creation and curation of spaces.
It is also important to us to have the means to redistribute resources, to practice care and practice community.

26.04.2024