MISSION
- Collectively produce art
- Establish a collective of artists
- Create community commons
- Generate documentation for other artist collectives to organize
- Generate income for artists and the maintenance of the collective
PROJECTS
- ANANSI Radical Catalyst
- ANANSI Residential Compound
- ANANSI Regular Conversation
- ARC: Conflux
- Meet Me in the Living Room
- The Kenyan Renaissance: Redio Mapenduzi
- Communal Computing
- ARC: Black to the Future
PEOPLE
- ANANSI Revolutionary Collective
- ANANSI Radical Community
PRAXIS
- Conflux
- Collective Budgeting
- Consensus and Consent Decision Making
- Reparational Funding
- Collective Mythmaking
PROTOCOL
SUPPORT
+++ OPEN COLLECTIVE
ANANSI RADICAL CATALYST: CONFLUX
The ANANSI RADICAL CATALYST: CONFLUX was a hybrid happening built around musical tele-production. Many attendees participated from in-person at the Santuri Salon in Nairobi, while also joined online by artists from around the world, including from Zimbabwe, Indonesia, the U.S. and the U.K.
TIME
04.20.23
16:00 - 20:00 EAT
TICKETS
NAIROBI @ SEMA
KILIFI @ SOUL CIRCLE
KENYA @ ONLINE
WORLD @ ONLINE
CONFLUX is a remote art practice built around collaborative artist education and virtual tools.
During the event, participants engage in musical tele-production, collaborating on making music together in real time while connected with each other remotely.
While together in physical and virtual space simultaneously while engaging in three types of Conflux.
During the event, participants engage in musical tele-production, collaborating on making music together in real time while connected with each other remotely.
While together in physical and virtual space simultaneously while engaging in three types of Conflux.
RUN OF SHOW
- Check In. Meet our facilitators, get event info, and learn how to participate.
- Conflux. Join in any of the Conflux forms throughout the event. There are different types, such as jamming and lyrics writing. You can also learn new skills through tutorials on the main stage.
- Break. Take time for bio breaks and to socialize in the hybrid realm.
- Open Conscendo. Listen to the tracks you've created throughout the event.
TUTORIALS
+ JAM - guided music
++ QP - sync music
+++ BANDLAB - sync music tool
+ LYRICAL CONFLUX - lyric writing
+ = DIFFICULTY
DOCUMENTATION
︎︎︎ CONFLUXTAPE
︎︎︎ SOLAR SANKOFA
︎︎︎ FIGJAM
INSPIRATION
︎︎︎ FLUXUS
︎︎︎ HAPPENING
︎︎︎ COMMON