This August, Congolese-Belgian artist Nkisi explored the power of collective imagination in a new composition for the debut edition of OPENLESS, part of Berlin Atonal.Honouring the Senegalese icon Doudou NDiaye Rose, master of the sabar (a traditional drum), Nkisi's show reimagined the art of oral storytelling, spurring recollection and reconnection through ancestral drum patterns.
VIDEO:
DIRECTION AND EDIT: HIROO TANAKA
CHIEF CAMERA: MASAYA KATO
CAMERA: JOANA SCHURR, PAUL BROESE, ENRIQUE ARRIBAS, TAKUMA OSHIMA, ANASTASIIA DENYSENKO
COLOR GRADING: NOEL LONDONSHOW
DESIGN: NKISI WITH OUTER
LIGHT DESIGN: MSRCEL WEBER (MFO)