• 17h00 Guided tour exhibition “The Last Place They Thought Of” by curator Sorana Munsya
• 19h00 Film “Yoko Osha II” door Lázara Rosell Albear
• 20h15 Performance Lázara Rosell Albear

The second chapter of the trilogy started 14 years ago as an intimistic, performative, multilayered, sensorial, subjective self portrait of a return to the world of Santeria of Regla de Osha. The cult, which used to be forbidden by the government, has gained more and more followers from all corners of society in the past 20 years. The film merges different cinematic styles, using found Hi 8 footage from Benin 26 years ago and mobile phone imagery in an eclectic piece that interweaves different facets of the ceremonies. Lazara Rosell Albear merges the past with present and futures, the individual with the collective. The soundtrack is made entirely of field-recordings from La Habana. Yoko Osha offers a whirl of unseen sonic movement that will be extended with a live performance by the artist.

Lázara Rosell Albear is a Belgian-Cuban artist, graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium and co-founder of the MahaWorks organization. Her practice blends a multiplicity of means of expression, combining sound research, performance, film, drawing and installation. She plays experimental drums and percussion, pocket trumpet, shô and electronics. Transgression, presence, resonance, vibrations, new worlds, poetry: these are the keywords of her unifying practice.

Initiated in 2021, Black Archive is an itinerant film program that gathers filmmakers, artists and thinkers engaged in rethinking, challenging and revisiting the cinematic representation of Black bodies, narratives and imaginaries beyond stereotyped visions and narrow distribution circuits.

The program is conceived by Black Archive: Sofia Dati, Stéphane Gérard, Maxime Jean-Baptiste and Eden Tinto Collins.