Sonya Lindfors takes you to an Afrofuturistic landscape in 3021 where black and white are no longer opposites.

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Venue

Elverket, Linnégatan 69

Duration

80 minutes

6 Oct

19:00

7 Oct

19:00

"Cosmic latte" is a term used by space scientists to describe the most common colour in the universe. In Sonya Lindfors' performance of the same name, she uses the term to define and study black identity and fantasise about its future.

Cosmic Latte is a project aimed at the year 3021, where the world is devoid of categorisations and definitions. Black and white are not opposites but parts of the same whole. It is a future without borders and where we all dissolve our dichotomous positions. A performance with Afrofuturism*, contemporary art, West African cosmology, Sun Ra and Bach in coexistence.

'Cosmic latte' is the third instalment of Helsinki-based choreographer Sonya Lindfors' project. The first part 'Noir' premiered in 2013 and part two, 'Noble Savage', in 2016.

It is the year 2021.
A brown artist is sitting on a brown stage.
A brown artist is sitting on a brown stage dreaming of a future still unimaginable.

It is the year 3021.
A brown artist is sitting on a brown stage.
A brown artist is sitting on a brown stage. It no longer means anything but still feels like something.

"I try to imagine a utopia where skin colour no longer matters"

Interview with Sonya Lindfors, DN

* Afrofuturism, a concept launched by Mark Dery in 1993, offers a framework for radical dreams of a future where everyone is included. First used in a sci-fi context, the term is a philosophy that redefines black identity and dreams of a world where freedom, equality, history, present and future become a new landscape without borders and limitations. 

Debriefing 7 October

Welcome to stay for a conversation between Sonya Lindfors and dancers and choreographers Bambam Frost and Niki Tsappos on the theme "Speculative stages, decolonial dreams". The conversation will be conducted in English. Afterwards there will be a bar and DJ Cheza in the foyer.

Sonya Lindfors

Sonya Lindfors is a Helsinki-based choreographer with an MA in Choreography at the University of Helsinki from 2013.

Sonya Lindfors is the founder and artistic director of the UrbanApa, a platform for feminist, interdisciplinary artistic projects. UrbanApa facilitates workshops, the festival, artistic labs, publications and mentoring.

Her work has been shown and supported by Beursschouwburg, Bora Bora, Aarhus, Zodiak - Centre for New Dance, Jojo- Oulu center for dance, Cyprus Dance Festival, Fullmoon Dance Festival, Tampere Theater Festival and others.

In the 2017-2018 season, she was the house choreographer at the Finnish Zodiak - centre for new dance in Helsinki.

Click here to read more about Sonya Lindfors 

Credits

Choreography, direction, concept

Sonya Lindfors

On stage

Deogracias Masomi , Ima Iduozee, Pauliina Sjöberg, Esete Sutinen and Sonya Lindfors

Lighting design

Erno Aaltonen

Sound design

Jussi Matikainen

Costume design

Sanna Levo, Pauliina Sjöberg

text

The working group

Koregafi assistants

Esete Sutinen, Pauliina Sjöberg

music

Sam Cooke: A Change Is Gonna Come
Sun Ra: Door of the Cosmos
Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Sun Song
Johann Sebastian Bach: Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canones diversi: Canon 5 a 2 (per Tonos)

Production

Zodiak - centre for new dance, Sonya Lindfors, UrbanApa

Residence

BoraBora, Århus; Schwankhalle, Bremen

Photo

Ernest Protasiewicz (top photo)
Uwa Iduozee (performance images)

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