Moussem Cities Johannesburg
2027
The word is out – Moussem Cities 2027 homes in on Johannesburg!
A full month of literature, poetry, film, performance, music, photography, urbanism, and print – animated by the artistic creatives of one of the world’s most charged and uncontainable cities.
The core of Johannesburg is rhythm, mobility, self-determination: Joburg is fast, Joburg is in the future. It’s about Black ways of moving and migrating – all the ways in which a body can move, remember, express and give meaning (Maneo Refiloe Mohale). A city whose history is filled with conflict, carrying deep traces of post/apartheid. In Johannesburg, the intensity, the violence of the public space go hand in hand with animated forms of togetherness that challenge power and refuse to be categorised. Artists operate in fluid collectives, a collaborative ethos that is deeply connected to the cultural and spiritual pulse of the city.
This multifaceted artistic vitality is programmed for an entire month, spread across Brussels’ cultural institutes. Moussem Cities Johannesburg will take place throughout February 2027: programme details this autumn.
IN COLLABORATION WITH AB, BOZAR, KANAL ARCHITECTURE, Q-O2, ESPACE MAGH, KVS, VK, AND OTHERS WHO WILL JOIN US ON THE WAY. SUPPORTED BY THE FLEMISH AUTHORITY AND THE FLEMISH COMMUNITY COMMISSION.