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Games & Politics
A game is always more than just a game. We had the pleasure to host the Games & Politics exhibition at the Design Hub for 2 months from March-May 2022. Games and Politics is based on the exhibition Global Games by the ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien) in Karlsruhe, Germany, and focuses explicitly on…
Read MoreMitchz Manifest
On 10th of August Isabirye Mitch and other artists performed a silent poetry show at our basement. By performing poetry with and without acoustic music the audience could really enjoy various kinds of poetry. Each with their individual touch given by the performers. With the earphones given out each person in the audience could really…
Read MoreAmani Festival
GZK GOES UPCOUNTRY! The cultural team has been travelling to Arua to join the Amani Festival 2022. This festival went for three days from 18th to 20th August including many activities with many different partners. There were dance, singing performances, fashion shows, workshops and a lot more. GZK’s supported Amani Festival with a poetry slam…
Read MoreTEMBELE film premiere
On 7th of August we had the pleasure to host the premiere of this amazing movie in the presence of the director. TEMBELE by Morris Mugisha is handling the topic of mental health. It tells the story of a man stuggeling after he and his wife lost their child during birth. It is supposed to…
Read MoreTebere Arts Foundation- Online Scenography Workshop with Frieda Schneider
The workshop on scenography was one of the Tebere Arts Foundation’s series of mentorship activities for the 2021/22 emerging artists cohort. The facilitator was Frieda Schieder, a renowned scenographer from Germany but who has worked across Europe as well as in Cairo, Egypt. The objective of the workshop was to build capacity for the emerging…
Read MoreGZK Podcast – ATITE, PAPSHER & MICHEAL
In July 2020, we introduced a new establishment: the GZK Podcast. An audio series by Goethe-Zentrum Kampala/ UGCS representing a monthly dive into cultural project processes in Uganda. The podcast mirrors the background stories of our current co-funded projects, which touch on interdisciplinary art fields. The format gives the audience a closer look on what’s…
Read MoreBanakibuga Street Minds Fashion
Congrats to Banakibuga Street Minds the winner of the Small Project Grant deadline November 2021 with their project to scale up the tailoring department and so much more. Banakibuga Street Minds is a creative circle of youths that create and share knowledge in various art forms like fashion, dance and visual arts for a better…
Read MoreNature Invasion 2.0 by Katesi Jacqueline Kalange
Congrats to Katesi Jacqueline Kalange a.k.a “the Kalange”, another winner of the Small Project Grant deadline June 2021 with her project “Nature invasion 2” which constitutes of a monumental sculpture installation, inspired by the priceless beauty of nature. Katesi Jacqueline Kalange a.k.a “the Kalange” is a process based visual artist, living and working in Kampala,…
Read MoreThe Local Get Down (LGD) Online Freestyle Dance Battle by Shane Munina
Congrats to SHANE MUNINA – he is one of the winner of the Small Project Grant deadline June 2021 with his LGD online event themed ‘Dancing through a raging pandemic’: A freestyle dance competition. Shane Munina is a Ugandan activist, teacher and performer. He has been dancing professionally for more than 7 years, with skills…
Read MoreFrench-German Week May 2021
From 18th to 21st May, Alliance Francaise de Kampala and Goethe-Zentrum Kampala organized together a week full of events regarding the topic of “sustainability” on their shared premises in the newly designed basement. The week began with a panel discussion with entrepreneurs from the fashion and design sector about sustainable developments in Uganda and East…
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