Period
2011
Proposed by
Gabi Ncgobo
Location
Luanda
About the project
Santa Claus is leaving his icy homeland in European territory to settle in an African desert. He is on the verge of a nervous brake-down with all that is happening in the Western European and American Economies, and the way people and their governments are reacting to the entire situation, plus the fact that for a few decades now, he has become really unhappy being called the Capitalist Jesus Christ… An African news crew has the privilege to make this journey with him.
Through various performances, we aim to gather what ultimately will be a False Documentary. This setup allows us to interact with a set of community-driven questions, which in turn are politically driven:
1 – How are we Europeans/Americans going to preserve our life and rebuild our way of living? (a) If our national identity is built on domination of any sort, what does it say about us as a people?
2 – Why must our southern hemisphere children dream a snow-driven fantasy? (a) Why is Christmas, an economic must for various world nations, such an imagery tyrant? (b) Can we keep embracing social and spiritual values without being victims of cultural slavery?
This project is based on a children’s book written and produced by Nástio Mosquito with art direction by Flextatowa.
