Film screening and lecture at De Cinema: Nástio Mosquito – When Changing Your Mind Gets You Killed
Schedule
Sat Oct 19 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium | Antwerp, AN
This special evening event combines the Belgian premiere of Nástio Mosquito’s film 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐺𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐾𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 at De Cinema, with a talk by curator Gabi Ngcobo.𝐓𝐈𝐏: 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐌 𝐇𝐊𝐀
1̲8̲:̲3̲0̲ ̲S̲c̲r̲e̲e̲n̲i̲n̲g̲ ̲W̲h̲e̲n̲ ̲C̲h̲a̲n̲g̲i̲n̲g̲ ̲Y̲o̲u̲r̲ ̲M̲i̲n̲d̲ ̲G̲e̲t̲s̲ ̲Y̲o̲u̲ ̲K̲i̲l̲l̲e̲d̲
Portraying a seemingly downtrodden stand-up comedian with a cynical sense of humour, Mosquito’s persona attempts to tell absurd comedic anecdotes in the setting of a typical Flemish cafe. The stories are confounding, the humour falls so flat its beguiling. But more broadly, 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐺𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐾𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 can be seen as a meditation on the negative ways in which we perceive the altering of opinions in society today, and our capacity to offer and accept apologies.
1̲9̲:̲0̲0̲ ̲L̲e̲c̲t̲u̲r̲e̲ ̲b̲y̲ ̲G̲a̲b̲i̲ ̲N̲g̲c̲o̲b̲o̲
The screening will offer the departure-point for Gabi Ngcobo, who, as a curator, was a key interlocutor for Mosquito in the formative years of his practice. In her talk, she will offer her own reflections on Mosquito’s career and practice. With a career spanning more than two decades, Gabi became the new director of the Kunstinstituut Melly (formerly Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art), Rotterdam, at the beginning of 2024. Before joining Melly, she was Curatorial Director of the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP) in South Africa. In 2018, she curated the tenth edition of the Berlin Biennale titled 'We Don’t Need Another Hero', and in 2016, she was one of the co-curators of the 32nd São Paulo Biennial.
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟗:𝟒𝟓.
A̲b̲o̲u̲t̲ ̲N̲á̲s̲t̲i̲o̲ ̲M̲o̲s̲q̲u̲i̲t̲o̲
Nástio Mosquito is a creative protagonist whose artwork, primarily in video and performance, encompasses the invention of multiple personas. Taking inspiration from culture, politics and mass media, the egos we meet interrogate topics such as war, sex, stereotypes, wealth and religion. Mosquito often toys with the ‘correct’ modes of cultural representation and language conventions prevalent in art and culture. The questions are simple yet radical: What do you genuinely care about? What are you willing to die for? 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 in M HKA, Mosquito’s first major museum overview exhibition, considers the evolution of his practice from the early 2000s through to today.
Where is it happening?
Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium, Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen, België,Antwerp, Belgium
