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CHALE WOTE

Street Art Festival

Artwork image by Quentin Babatund VerCetty.

August 14-20, 2017 The 7th annual CHALE WOTE reconstruction, connecting global
Street Art Festival takes place diasporas and fusing together our
Accra, Ghana in Accra this August with over ideas, technologies and practices in
200 Ghana-based and African liberation.
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE international artists In 2017, we reach WATA MATA
building and exhibiting (West African pidgin for Water
works in James Town and Matter). Wata Mata is an endless
15 venues across the city. space of form-making. This all
access dream machine is also our
The seventh edition also marks the Creators Manifesto - the key to
end of a trilogy theme that began in persistently evolve and spaceshift
2015 with African Electronics, beyond human limitations and into
accradotaltradio.com a blueprint to access internal cosmograms of freedom.
technologies and re-member our
We invite you to witness,
multidimensional systems to create
@accradotalt, chalewotefest participate and share in CHALE
the impossible.
WOTE 2017. There are open and
free events and activities
In 2016, we created Spirit Robot
@chalewotefestofficial happening for a full 7 days
as a framework of radical
@accradotaltradio between August 14 - 20th.
Artists Kpakpo
Samoa Mark-
Hansen and
STELOO lead
the Spirit
Robot
procession at
CHALE
WOTE 2016.

Photo:
Nii Kotei Nikoi.

The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival is an alternative platform that brings art, music, dance and Over the last six years, CHALE
performance out into the streets. The community-based festival takes place in James Town - one WOTE has propelled the
of Accras most historic communities - and targets exchanges between Ghana-based and development of an independent
international artists creating art together. Each year, the festival is produced by ACCRA [dot] ALT creative and arts economy in
and REDD KAT Pictures in collaboration with a number of cultural organizations across the city. Accra.

CHALE WOTE means man, lets go! in Ga (the language of the people of greater Accra) and it is By engaging artists within the
also a reference to flip flops. We use the term to mobilize a public passion for art and to cultivate a city, the festival is giving Accra a
wider audience for the arts, breaking boundaries to provide access to people of all walks of life. facelift, revealing interconnected
CHALE WOTE includes a vibrant mix of visual art, photography, films, fashion, mixed media,
collectives working in
multidisciplinary practices
interventions, processions, live music, dance, panels, discussions, tours, food and more. that form the pulse
of CHALE WOTE.M

What to Expect at CHALE WOTE 2017 2017 MEDIA PARTNERS

The Open Gallery, a collaboration with 15 Accra-area art and cultural


institutions showcasing the diverse splendor of African art, films and performances
(August 14 - 20). The Day of ReMembering, the opening ceremony for CHALE
WOTE 2017 kicks off on Monday, August 14th (5 7pm, ACCRA [dot] ALT space
in James Town).

The LABS, two days of artist talks, film screenings, special performances and
workshops that dig into and explore WATA MATA, the theme for this years festival
(August 17 + 18, 12noon 9pm)

The final two days of the festival take place in James Town (August 19 + 20,
1 9pm). This year, we amplify the number of art works and installations at 10
specific locations across James Town. Social fun, parties and jamming will
happen also at 4 different music and performance stages. This change means the
streets will be used to create smoother flows of human traffic within the festival.

ACCRA [dot] ALT Radio Brazil House No. 1 Brazil Lane James Town Accra, Ghana info@accradotaltradio.com accradotaltradio.com

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