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Places of Power: El Bembé Celebration
October 19 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Watch our celebration of El Bembé! A gathering of friends to celebrate “Places of Power: Villa Africana Colobó Garden”
A project of Termite TV Collective & Norris Square Neighborhood Project
Presented by the 2024 Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival, Leeway Foundation Media Artist + Activist Residency and Mural Arts Philadelphia
El Bembé is a celebration of the community-based Augmented and Virtual Reality project, “Places of Power: Villa Africana Colobó Garden.” Come and experience AR/VR installations in a community garden celebrating African heritage and the West African diaspora in Puerto Rican culture. Project directors Iris Brown of Grupo Motivos / Norris Square Neighborhood Project and Anula Shetty and Michael Kuetemeyer of Termite TV Collective have been facilitating workshops with long-term residents to share the memories and stories of this Latinx neighborhood in Norris Square.
We will also be celebrating the new Grupo Motivos mural by artist Celso Gonzales. There will be musical performances by Youba Cissokho and El Junte.
“Places of Power: Villa Africana Colobó Garden” is funded in part by Independence Public Media Foundation, Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia Cultural Fund and Temple University