This multi screen-based work is a revisiting of collective memory, reimagining Zambian music history through the practice and performance of intangible cultural heritage. This project is based on the rise and fall of Zamrock – a Zambian rock and roll movement that emerged during the 1970s, to decline 20 years later in the 1990s. Misha Maseka teamed up with various partners from Zambia (most notably the Zambia Belonging Archive, Ku-Atenga Media, and Mag44) and the diaspora to explore the possibility of archiving ancestral feelings, reliving the Zamrock experience, and holding onto an era.
Misha Maseka
Misha Maseka is a Zambian-Canadian award-winning filmmaker, composer and researcher. Starting her career in opera and theatre led her to performing across Canada and Germany (Calgary Philharmonic, Theatre Calgary, Square One Media, Lyric Studio Weimar, Arts Commons, Banff Centre). Her work centers spectacle in her study of intimacy, memory, belonging and the mundane. This was made most apparent in her celebrated short film “Not That Deep” - winner of two Berlin Short Film Festival awards and work with ongoing multi-pronged project, “All the Beautiful People are Gone”.After RCA, she will continue pursuing research in African archiving and the history of SADC arts and cultural.
Instagram: @mishamaseka
Website: www.mishamaseka.com