Opera Village Africa
The Opera Village Africa is a teilverwirklichtes in Burkina Faso project of a cultural place. The result is 30 km northeast of the capital, Ouagadougou. The patron is the Federal President A.D. the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Köhler.
- 3.1 First construction phase (realized )
- 3.2 Second construction phase (partially implemented )
- 3.3 Third construction phase (planned)
- 4.1 events
- 4.2 German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2011
- 4.3 Documentation crackling of time
- 4.4 Photo Workshop "Do an image "
- 4.5 charity auction "Auction 3000"
- 4.6 Visit to the patron Horst Köhler
Background
Behind the idea behind the film and theater director Christoph Schlingensief, initiator and visionary "Opera for Africa " project. With the construction of the opera village, the artist wanted to fulfill his desire for a place of cultural encounters. In addition to the theater, a school and a hospital should be built on a total of 14 hectare site. Laying the foundation stone for the project was in the spring of 2010. Schlingensief Half a year later succumbed to cancer. The management of the Festspielhaus Afrika -profit company took over his wife Laberenz. On the Advisory Board sit Burkinians and German, including Amelie Deuflhard, Peter Raue, Matthias Lilienthal, Claudia Kaloff and Antje Vollmer.
Concept
Artistic Concept
The Opera Village Africa sees itself as a global art project with the vision of art to resettle the midst of life. Here, the term " opera" for a unifying art form that is emotional, political and social change qualities. With the Opera Village Africa to raise awareness of different cultures to be excited and also expand as a feedback to the European-influenced approach to art by learning from other cultures and be more direct. The artistic projects of the Opera Village Africa caused by the individuals who are committed to the opera village and they continue to develop in the process. As a community project, it is being driven by the people living there under to their needs and possibilities, new constellations arise, the Opera Village Africa is an independent organism. A symbolic image is formed the model of the snail shell. It stands for the slow growth of a large organism that takes an open, not vorauszubestimmenden way. Already in the development phase offers the Opera Village Africa a room, take place in the cultural encounters, workshops and exchanges.
Architecture concept
The architect of the opera village, Diébédo Francis Kéré, and Christoph Schlingensief agreed on the key issues that should accompany the construction of the opera village: What to expect and need the local people? What is there available for building materials?
Francis Kéré brings his knowledge of Europe, together with his knowledge of the situation and the people in Burkina Faso and forms the local workforce with the help of his employees from themselves so that they can deal with the resources that are available independently. Kéré has rehabilitated the use of natural materials such as clay, sand and stone on the ground and connects the traditional construction of his country with new environmental and sustainable concepts. Clay are available in plenty, but he was long regarded as "poor people - building material" and not baugerecht. People know from experience that a clay building a rainy season usually does not survive. That's why they strive for expensive and difficult to handle on-site construction materials such as cement. Kéré has now developed a technique to mix the clay so that it can withstand the rain - with minimal use of electricity and water and using only about 8 percent cement. These clay bricks can be produced locally, despite lack of electricity and water. So, people can build on site, the projects independently and then also wait for these and repair.
In this way is an organically functioning opera village with an autonomous ecological system arise, ensuring the sustainable management of natural resources. Francis Kéré has designed for the Opera Village Africa according to the local possibilities and needs special building modules that guarantee a long-term and multi-purpose usage. Its climate technology provides a constant, comfortable temperature without electricity.
With the support of numerous sponsors and friends from Europe and from Burkina Faso, these modules are now gradually being built by the local workers and, settled in the form of an ever-growing snail shell around the central square, where once the Festspielhaus is associated with fairground. In order to facilitate the progress of the construction work and better organize, Christoph Schlingensief and Francis Kéré have divided with her team from Europe and from Burkina Faso to build the opera village in three phases.
Construction phases
First construction phase (realized )
First, the modules were built, creating the important prerequisites for training and the independent discovery of their own possibilities. This includes especially the school with the appropriate teachers buildings, a recording studio for music class and a canteen and teachers houses. In addition, functional modules, such as a site office, workshops, offices and warehouse for building materials have been established to ensure that the infrastructure for the progress of the construction work is guaranteed. The Opera Village Africa was connected to the public electricity and water network in September 2011. The first phase was thus completed in October 2011, and the commissioning of the school took place on 8 October 2011.
Second construction phase (partially implemented )
The second phase began in April 2012 with the construction of the hospital ward, consisting of an initial medical care, a maternity ward and a dental station. The construction works were carried out in collaboration with the Green Helmets V. Thus, the opera village in the long run can take care of herself, is an alternative energy supply by solar system for the infirmary in planning and will be installed in March 2013. The commissioning of the infirmary is targeted for April 2013. Completed also has a football pitch. A children's playground is 2013 arise. In addition, this construction more living quarters for staff and a school extension will be created.
Third phase (planned)
Focus of the third construction phase is the construction of a cultural venue ( Festspielhaus ) in the middle of the site, this is the heart of the project. The Opera Village Africa is conceived as a place of art and life united. The ' Festspielhaus ' is therefore designed as a multifunctional building that is equally place of the meeting and of art, but can also serve as a marketplace or school auditorium.
Projects
Events
Since October 2012 regular events such as guest performances and film screenings take place in the Opera Village Africa.
German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2011
At the 54th International Art Exhibition in Venice the German pavilion showed a solo exhibition by Christoph Schlingensief. In the left wing of his plans for the Opera Village Africa have been issued. The pavilion was honored with the Golden Lion for the best national contribution.
Documentation crackle of the time
Crackle of the time is a film by Sibylle Dahrendorf of the opera village Africa. For documentation, the filmmaker accompanied the project from May 2009 to October 2011. The film came in June 2012 in the cinemas.
Photo Workshop "Do an image "
As of January 2013, the photographer Marie Koehler traveling for four months in the Opera Village Africa to offer his services in collaboration with photographers from Ouagadougou a workshop for children. As of July 2013, there will be an exhibition of the results in Burkina Faso and in Berlin at the Goethe Institute in Opera Village Africa.
Charity auction "Auction 3000"
Laberenz has taken with a charity auction in 2012 more than one million euros for the opera village. The money will fund the continued construction of the project. At the auction in Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof Museum 84 works came under the hammer, which had donated prominent artists and galleries. The highest price at the auction achieved a work of Sigmar Polke with 66,000 euros. An original costume Schlingensief from the Vienna Burgtheater brought 20,000 euros, as well as a door panel, the rock star Patti Smith had dedicated to her close friend Schlingensief.
Visit the patron Horst Köhler
In May 2012, the Patron and President visited ret. the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Köhler, the Opera Village Africa to inaugurate the completed at this time football field.