Congolese popular painter Sapin Makengele and Belgian filmmaker Cécile Michel will spend the afternoon at UMMA while Makengele creates a new painting that reflects on the current state of student politics and repression in the Congo. This live painting performance is an extension of a documentary film created by Makengele and Michel titled Les Fantômes de Lovanium (Ghosts of Lovanium) that captures the reactions and conversations of students and other onlookers as they gather to observe Makengele while he paints in public on the campus of the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Come join Makengele and Michel to witness the creation of Makengele’s newest painting and interact with the artists. Over the course of a few days, Makengele will repeat the performance in Ann Arbor and produce a new painting in different locations around campus including the Institute for the Humanities on February 20, Gallery DAAS on February 23-24, and UMMA on February 25-26. For more information visit
https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/makengle-and-michel-at-uofm/

This residency and performances are made possible by the U-M Institute for the Humanities, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, International Institute, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of History, Department of the History of Art, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, Center for World Performance Studies, University of Michigan Museum of Art, African Studies Center, and Africa Workshop.