Text by Matti-Juhani Karila (translated and abbreviated by Anna Ovaska)
I am not a photographer, but I’ve gotten hooked on the mysterious enchantment of photos – on this ”one-hundredth part of a second which makes a blink of an eye eternal”, as American poet Hart Grane described the essence of photography in 1923.
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I can’t imagine that any of you who read this article would travel to Africa without a camera, not even painters whose predecessors in the … Lue lisää
KAKA-KAKA. Félicitations !! félicitations !! is the single french word pronounced by a great audience to congratulate Janne Storm, Felix Agossou and Gabriel Teiko, three resident artists in Villa Karo who performed wonderfully on the stage of the French Cultural Centre in Cotonou on Friday 30th September.
They preceded the main event of the night LA NUIT DE LA PAROLE by association KATOULATI. Same scenario took place in Grand-Popo on the red terrace stage of Villa Karo … Lue lisää
Next Thursday (October 6th) is a great o
ccasion for lovers of really good music around Helsinki. Camilla Heidenberg (FINLAND, former scholarhip holder of Villa Karo) and Georges Abgazahou (BENIN) are giving a concert at Feeniks club.
As the artists put it, prepare yourself ”for a soulful mixture of afro, pop, jazz and classical music with piano, vocals, djembe, percussion”.
The group has been performing all over Finland and in France this past summer. As George’s stay in Europe … Lue lisää
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO) visited Villa Karo in 2009 to honour the 10th anniversary of the centre by playing a concert for the people of Grand-Popo. The concert was held on the stage of Lissa Gbassa, VK’s exhibition and concert building, by the beach of Grand-Popo. RSO’s eventful trip became the subject of a documentary film (Afrikan sinfonia, directed by Jenni Nyberg, YLE productions).
Also meet the dancing and singing children of Grand-Popo as well as Noël Zaïzonou, … Lue lisää