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Hopscotch (the Center of the Sun’s Radiance) takes listeners on a journey across two continents- Africa and Europe- to explore the ways in which histories of labour tied to the train’s development are embedded in the landscape. Through field recordings, oral histories and radio broadcasts, captured near the Shinkolobwe uranium mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a former UMHK-owned uranium refinery in Olen, Belgium, the project examines how the (colonial) past continues in the present, albeit under different guises. Borrowing the title of Julio Cortázar’s eponymous novel, Hopscotch shifts between chapters whose beginnings and ends are never the same, disrupting the notion of linear time that structures both historical and train-based narratives.
… We are going to make of the Congo the center of the sun’s radiance for all of Africa. We are going to keep watch over the lands of our country so that they truly profit her children.
- Patrice Lubumba, Independence Speech of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 30 June 1960
- Patrice Lubumba, Independence Speech of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 30 June 1960
a project by Inas Halabi, commissioned by the Europalia Arts Festival, TRAINS & TRACKS, 2021 and part of Endless Express, curated by Caroline Dumalin.
SOUND RECORDING (DRC):
Gulda Ghislain el Magambo
Alain Nsenga
SOUND RECORDING (BELGIUM):
Aïda Merghoub
Nina de Vroome
ADDITIONAL SOUND RECORDING:
Inas Halabi (Belgium)
Judith Kalanga (DRC)
INTERVIEWERS (DRC):
Gulda Ghislain el Magambo
Alain Nsenga
INTERVIEWEES & TESTIMONIES (DRC):
Alain Nsenga
Papa Celestin (Mr. Ngoie Mujuka Célestin)
Papa Kaba
Mama Kashala
Papa Mbuya (Mr. Etienne Mbuya Wa Banza)
Papa Sylvain
Erick
INTERVIEWERS (BELGIUM):
Nina de Vroome
Aïda Merghoub
INTERVIEWEES (BELGIUM):
Francois Geboers
Herman Mariëns
Karel Goor
Jozef Hemeleers
Ludwig Geens
Gulda Ghislain el Magambo
Alain Nsenga
SOUND RECORDING (BELGIUM):
Aïda Merghoub
Nina de Vroome
ADDITIONAL SOUND RECORDING:
Inas Halabi (Belgium)
Judith Kalanga (DRC)
INTERVIEWERS (DRC):
Gulda Ghislain el Magambo
Alain Nsenga
INTERVIEWEES & TESTIMONIES (DRC):
Alain Nsenga
Papa Celestin (Mr. Ngoie Mujuka Célestin)
Papa Kaba
Mama Kashala
Papa Mbuya (Mr. Etienne Mbuya Wa Banza)
Papa Sylvain
Erick
INTERVIEWERS (BELGIUM):
Nina de Vroome
Aïda Merghoub
INTERVIEWEES (BELGIUM):
Francois Geboers
Herman Mariëns
Karel Goor
Jozef Hemeleers
Ludwig Geens
ADDITIONAL VOICEOVERS:
Aïda Merghoub
Alain Nsenga
Aude Christel Mgba
Gulda Ghislain el Magambo
Inas Halabi
Nina de Vroome
MUSIC:
Deep in the Forest by Franck Moka
Deep in the River by Franck Moka
Kisangani Generation by Franck Moka
Palais Radziwill by Franck Moka
Ngongingo by Rayvanny X Baba Levo
Voyage voyage song by Desireless
GRAPHIC DESIGN
(LEAFLET AND POSTER):
Bardhi Haliti & Zuzana Kostelanska
WEBSITE DESIGN:
Thorsten Grahl & Nelmarie du Preez
Aïda Merghoub
Alain Nsenga
Aude Christel Mgba
Gulda Ghislain el Magambo
Inas Halabi
Nina de Vroome
MUSIC:
Deep in the Forest by Franck Moka
Deep in the River by Franck Moka
Kisangani Generation by Franck Moka
Palais Radziwill by Franck Moka
Ngongingo by Rayvanny X Baba Levo
Voyage voyage song by Desireless
GRAPHIC DESIGN
(LEAFLET AND POSTER):
Bardhi Haliti & Zuzana Kostelanska
WEBSITE DESIGN:
Thorsten Grahl & Nelmarie du Preez
SOUND DESIGN & EDITING:
Inas Halabi
SOUND MIXING:
Jacob Oostra
EDITING CONSULTANT:
Henna Hyvärinen
EDITORIAL & PRODUCTION ASSISTANT:
Aline Khoury
TRANSLATION (SWAHILI TO FRENCH):
Alain Nsenga
Iragi Elisha Eliya
TRANSLATION (FRENCH TO ENGLISH):
Iragi Elisha Eliya
Nizar Halloun
Keyleen Nguyen
TRANSLATION (FLEMISH TO ENGLISH):
Nina Bos
SPECIAL THANKS:
Alain Nsenga
Aïda Merghoub
Aline Khoury
Ateliers Picha (Lubumbashi, DRC)
Caroline Dumalin
Henna Hyvärinen
Eva Giolo
Franck Moka
Lucrezia Cippitelli
Georges Senga
Gulda Ghislain el Magambo
Reem Shadid
Inas Halabi
SOUND MIXING:
Jacob Oostra
EDITING CONSULTANT:
Henna Hyvärinen
EDITORIAL & PRODUCTION ASSISTANT:
Aline Khoury
TRANSLATION (SWAHILI TO FRENCH):
Alain Nsenga
Iragi Elisha Eliya
TRANSLATION (FRENCH TO ENGLISH):
Iragi Elisha Eliya
Nizar Halloun
Keyleen Nguyen
TRANSLATION (FLEMISH TO ENGLISH):
Nina Bos
SPECIAL THANKS:
Alain Nsenga
Aïda Merghoub
Aline Khoury
Ateliers Picha (Lubumbashi, DRC)
Caroline Dumalin
Henna Hyvärinen
Eva Giolo
Franck Moka
Lucrezia Cippitelli
Georges Senga
Gulda Ghislain el Magambo
Reem Shadid
Poster designed by Bardhi Haliti & Zuzana Kostelanska
Leaflet designed by Bardhi Haliti & Zuzana Kostelanska
HOPSCOTCH
(the Centre of the Sun’s Radiance)