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“Kalunga XR – Extended Reality” is inspired by the symbolism of the word Kalunga, present in the Bakongo Cosmogram (dikenga day Kongo). The cosmogram is a representation of the path of life, between the human and spiritual worlds. Kalunga means the sea. The sea is called “Great Kalunga” and the cemeteries are called “Little Kalunga”. The concept is to reflect on the meanings of the word Kalunga in the present day in relation to the transatlantic slave trade and the Afrodiaspora resulting from this process. During this crossing, many people died or committed suicide at sea. At that historical moment, the sea – the “Great Kalunga” – had both symbolic functions: the sea itself, as a place of transition in life, and cemeteries, as a place of transition after life.

The proposal seeks aesthetics of the Afrodiaspora, decolonial artistic practices and a deepening of the questions of archive, ancestry, temporality, heritage and belonging. The work has an interdisciplinary perspective, exploring how embodied experiences are translated or transformed when transmitted through media such as performance, video, sound, installation and augmented reality (AR). The main result is an immersive performance-installation that invites the audience to a journey by superimposing digital content, creating multisensory experiences that blur the boundaries between performance, technology and corporeality.

https://www.projectmanifest.eu/kalunga-xr-extended-reality-bianca-turner-luanda-carneiro-jacoel/