Audiences of Afrovibes - envisioning, seeking, and researching festival audiences

6 Oct. | 11:00–13:00 | Room 0.12 | BG2 Turfdraagsterpad 15-17, Amsterdam
With Jay Pather, Quinsy Gario, Cathal MCKee, Gregory Maqoma
This panel explores how Afrovibes has envisioned, sought, and researched its audiences over time, with particular attention to Dutch contexts. Artistic and organizational voices will reflect on shifting audience expectations, marketing strategies, and the festival’s evolving relationship with its spectators.

Epistemic and creative situatedness in performance/arts making

8 Oct | 13:00–15:00
Ruyszaal, University Library | Vendelstraat 2-8, Amsterdam
With Thania Petersen, Chuma Sopotela, Lorin Sookool, Djam Neguin
Chair: Jay Pather
A session on epistemic and creative situatedness in performance/arts making, exploring how Afrovibes artists engage with works that “artistically shape current contemporary issues from an African perspective and have a unique vision on this.

Artist Talk/Workshop: Younness Atbane (Museum of Contemporary Art)

8 Oct. | 17:00-19:00
Vondelzaal, University Library | Vendelstraat 2-8, Amsterdam
An open conversation with artist Younness Atbane, whose project Museum of Contemporary Art stages “cultural ghosts” and explores fluid identities, exile, and belonging. The workshop offers students a space to reflect on dramaturgy across performance and visual arts in transnational contexts.

These events offer a unique opportunity to meet the artists and join critical conversations at the intersection of art and society.