TECHNO-INTIMACIES - a hybrid sonic & performance event

TECHNO-INTIMACIES: Mixing salivas: smelling interepidermis

[a hybrid sonic and international performance event]

Performers Bobby Brim, Baby Lunatic, and Immigrant, joined by you, will take over the space for this special Art Africa event! Come and be part of a unique and uncanny night.

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TIMELINE

7.00 - 8 pm

Immigrant (CONGO/SOUTH AFRICA)

Ambient and transcendental jazz soundscapes from this community-rooted sound selector.

8.00 - 9 pm

Bobby Brim (FRANCE) present the performance Mixing salivas: smelling inter epidermis.

A sonic performance where a sampler is Bobby’s only companion. They transmit intimate archives, hijacked CAM (computer-assisted music) productions, and their shapeshifting voice(s) – mutating from human to monster and back again, in a transgressive, colorful limbo.

Twisting choreographic and sonic codes, this uncanny character conjures an intimate, joyful, and high-energy experience by hacking the frameworks of electronic music concerts.

A trans-pitched sci-fi voice playfully questions: “Why don’t you try to be more political?”—cut through with hyper-techno ultra-basslines sampling cis male screams (acid internet finds) and generational anxieties. The stage shifts rapidly—from passivity to dance, from politics to mutation.

9.00 - 11 pm

Baby Lunatic, AKA Keely Shinners (SOUTH AFRICA)

Cape Town's notorious disco demon DJ brings an ethereal set at the intersection of supernatural punk and glamorous techno.

11 - end pm

Bobby Brim (FRANCE) 

Closing DJ set filled with digital uncanny voices and deep, jumpy, energetic basslines.

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ABOUT the event

ART AFRICA Residency invites you to a hybrid night of performance and techno – queering the codes of the electronic music scene in a warm, pink, high-energy atmosphere.

Venue : IN/OUT of the Urban Brewing Company, 31 Harbour Rd, Hout Bay, Cape Town, 7872  

Saturday 26th April 2025

7-12pm 

Performances start at 8pm

Entry : R50 Quicket

R60 at the door

/ food truck and bar

This is the second part of the ‘TECHNO-INTIMACIES’ project, which began as a transmedia investigation and workshop titled ‘techno-intimacies: mineral investigation / techno-feminist encounters’ – created by Bobby Brim and activist-researcher AV-net. The public opening of this research process took place on 23 March 2025 at the ART AFRICA Residency gallery.

Supported by Aide Individuelle à la Création from the DRAC Montpellier Occitanie.

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ABOUT the peoples

Bobby Brim 

(live + work Marseille) is a [non-binary] transdisciplinary’ ’’’transmedia artist_performer_choregrapher who composts their soul according to the cyborg entities they meet on their way. Pixxels,,decibels,,waves,,bodies & collectives are the concrete materials that allow them to probe the transgressive spaces in a post-postconspiracy world.

Their transmedia creations (&more) has been presented in FR, BEL, DEU, IT and MAR, notably at the Biennale Internationale de Casablanca in 2023 and NOVA XX Biennale in Paris in 2024.

Alongside their choreographic’n’cross-media works, they develops collaborative-durational research projects. They are also part of PORN PROCESS collective and international transhackfeminist networks. <https://www.bobbybrim.net/>

Baby Lunatic

The DJ alias of Keely Shinners – writer, editor, curator, and performer based in Cape Town.

Hannah Mutanda Kaniki 

Sound selector, community activist, and occasional psychology student committed to creating more integral urban spaces.

ART AFRICA magazine 

Founded in 2002, ART AFRICA magazine has actively contributed to contemporary Global South art discourse as a catalyst for dialogue and exchange, fostering connections between curators, artists, collectors, academics, and enthusiasts worldwide. Its commitment to promoting a deeper understanding of the multifaceted nature of art from the Global South has solidified its place as a vital resource within the global art community.

Suzette and Brendon Bell-Roberts, the driving forces behind ART AFRICA, epitomise dedication to their cause. Based between Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa, they oversee the magazine and the ART AFRICA Foundation and COMMUNITY residencies by ART AFRICA, further solidifying their commitment to nurturing artistic talent and fostering cultural exchange. » < https://artafricamagazine.org/ > 

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see you there