Artist Talk with Bisila Noha

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"Lajok: The Night Dancer" by filmmaker @dilmandila is a spooky revenge fantasy based on Ugandan (Luo) folklore. Dance is used to possess and control but once the spell is broken, the same power can be used for payback.

Watch: https://makertube.net/w/pvjR9o3oNJMBLHHUm9kpqW

If you enjoy this film, consider supporting @dilmandila's newest project "Windy: A SolarPunk Short Film"

Donate: https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

#film #IndependentFilm #AfricanArt #PeerTube #solarpunk

Lajok: The Night Dancer

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Zizwezenyanga Qwabe (South Africa, born c.1900, active 1920-40)
Storage-Rack Panels with Figures and #Animals , 1930s-1950s
Wood with burnt wood (pyrography)
On display at Baltimore Museum of Art (2017.223.1-2)
#AfricanArt
“Here, two couples - one young, one old -are depicted among an array of animals native to southern Africa.”
Unidentified Nguni Artist, South Africa
Zoomorphic Snuff Container
Mid-to-late-19th c.
Clay, animal skin
On display at Baltimore Museum of Art (2019.190)
#AfricanArt
Unidentified Bidjogo Artist
#Ox Mask (Dugn'be), 1960-1973
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau Wood, pigment, kaolin, ox horns, plant fiber, iron
On display at Baltimore Museum of Art (2008.14)
#AfricanArt
#Crow Mask (Nsua-Ndua)
Cameroon, early 20th c.
Wood, pigment, paint
On display at Baltimore Museum of Art (1987.146)
#AfricanArt #BirdsInArt

I just uploaded clips of #NestaNala (1940-2005) and her daughter #JabulileNala showing how they begin coil building a pot. The Nalas are the most renowned Zulu pottery family. Jabulile taught me her coil building technique and gave me more insight into Zulu culture when we spent three weeks together in the summer of 2022.

https://makertube.net/w/7aoddLN4d7eAde4BpoPVxp

#pottery #ceramics #SouthAfrica #AfricanArt #culture #PeerTube

Nala Zulu Pottery Coil Building

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