FRART Finding Ubatizo
- Creator : Antje Van Wichelen
- Creator : Fundi Mwamba
FRART Finding Ubatizo — 1. Introduction
- Author : Antje Van Wichelen
- Author : Fundi Mwamba
- ref: /DOC-7986
- tags: Collaboration Congo-Belgique, Congo-Belgium collaboration, Cinématographie expérimentale, Experimental cinematography, Resistance archivistique, Archival resistance, Critique anticoloniale, Anticolonial critique, Exploitation minière toxique, Toxic mining, Activisme environnemental, Environmental activism, Héritage colonial, Colonial legacy, Arts hybrides, Hybrid arts
Finding Ubatizo is a research project which centers on the exploration of a long-term hybrid, experimental film project that blends horror, animation, environmental activism, archival film as resistance, and anti-colonial critique. The project aims to address the ongoing colonial legacies and environmental crises in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly the impact of toxic mining on the health of people in Lubumbashi.
Originally, it was presented at the 2022 Biennale de Lubumbashi, at the Biasasa Art Centre under the title 'The Office of Dr. Fundi'. The exhibition then travelled to the Kochi Biennale in India and the Kunsthalle Mainz in Germany in 2023.
Today, it takes form in a series of workshops and conferences supported by FRArt (Fonds de la Recherche en Art), in partnership with the Animation Department at Erg, Alexander Schellow and his students, LABO BxL, PICHA Collective / La Biennale de Lubumbashi, and Biasasa Art Center and their artistic communities.