Aryan Kaganof's film Unyazi of the Bushveld, an artistic interpretation of Unyazi 2005, Africa's first electronic music festival ever, is now available online, at:
http://kaganof.com/kagablog/2007/06/01/unyazi-of-the-bushveld-2/
South Africa - 2007
Direction: Aryan Kaganof
Camera: Thembeka Laduma
Editing: C. R. Mandala
Sound design: Joel Assaizky
Sound recordist: JA Assagai
Music: Zim Ngqawana, Luc Houtkamp, Lucas Ligeti, Matthew Ostrowski etc
Cast: George Lewis, Pauline Oliveros, Halim El-Dabh, Francisco Lopez etc
Format: Video
Time: 45 min.
Original Version: Inglese
Production: African Noise Foundation
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The Electronic Music Symposium and the Unyazi Festival of 2005 observed through the visionary and techno eye of Aryan Kaganof (SMS Sugar Man). Vibrations and hypnotism collude to create sound and visual empathies in theatres or in the street, on a pavement. One more chapter in the exploration of African culture by the South African multimedia artist, in the inextricable relationship between memory and the present, traditional instruments and computer-generated sounds. The film has been described as "an important document of an historic occasion" by Dr. Michael Blake and "a very interesting record of a rather odd event" by Professor Christine Lucia. UNYAZI OF THE BUSHVELD is the first production of the AFRICAN NOISE FOUNDATION featuring the seamless sound design of Joel Assaizky (Hard Copy, Bunny Chow).
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