TREFFPUNKT.AFRIKA#2
3.5.2012 - 5.5.2012

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From 3rd until 5th of May 2012 the cultural organization STADTWERKSTATT Linz arranges together with local and national partners the international festival TREFFPUNKT.AFRIKA#2. It will partly be held at a ship (the MS Schönbrunn) on the bank of the danube. The focus of the festival lies on a two-day Symposium with the topic „Survival of the Hippest? - Urban Art and Culture in Africa“

The lectures will be accompanied by Filmscreenings, a Concert and DJ Nightline with musicians from Ghana, Zimbabwe, Côte d'Ivoir, France, Germany and Austria and an International Soccer Tournament.
Stock Town X South Africa
Schweden, Südafrika 2011, D: Teddy Goitom / Benjamin Taft, 28min.

Beyond the stereotypical daily reporting on violence, AIDS and safari tours, Swedish based directors Teddy Goitom and Benjamin Taft set out to capture the creative street vibes of South Africa. On their first stop to Capetown and Johannesburg , they meet up with the heavy metal band Ree-burth , The Soweto Style setters Smarteez with their colorful street savy fashion to video gamers label 2bop to the limpop music genre innovator Gazelle and many many more. Welcome to a road movie by Stocktown presenting another perspective from the young creative forces around big cities in Africa.

R: Teddy Goitom/Benjamin Traft
Stocktown X South Africa, Trailer Stocktown X South Africa