Film screening and lecture at De Cinema
This special evening event combines the Belgian premiere of Nástio Mosquito’s film When Changing You Mind Gets You Killed at De Cinema, with a talk by curator Gabi Ngcobo.
TIP: With your filmticket you get free access to the exhibition ‘Nástio Mosquito – King of Klowns’ at M HKA
Screening When Changing Your Mind Gets You Killed
Portraying a seemingly downtrodden stand-up comedian with a cynical sense of humour, Mosquito’s persona attempts to tell absurd comedic anecdotes in the setting of a typical Flemish cafe. The stories are confounding, the humour falls so flat its beguiling. But more broadly, When Changing You Mind Gets You Killed can be seen as a meditation on the negative ways in which we perceive the altering of opinions in society today, and our capacity to offer and accept apologies.
The film will be introduced by Nav Haq (Associate Director of M HKA). After the screening, artist Gabi Ngcobo will give a lecture and there’ll be time for Q&A.
Lecture by Gabi Ngcobo
The screening will offer the departure-point for Gabi Ngcobo, who, as a curator, was a key interlocutor for Mosquito in the formative years of his practice. In her talk, she will offer her own reflections on Mosquito’s career and practice. With a career spanning more than two decades, Gabi became the new director of the Kunstinstituut Melly (formerly Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art), Rotterdam, at the beginning of 2024. Before joining Melly, she was Curatorial Director of the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP) in South Africa. In 2018, she curated the tenth edition of the Berlin Biennale titled We Don’t Need Another Hero, and in 2016, she was one of the co-curators of the 32nd São Paulo Biennial.
Practical
- Saturday October 19, 18:30
- The screening takes place at De Cinema
- 18:30 Screening When Changing Your Mind Gets You Killed. The film lasts 23’15‘’, is English spoken and does not contain subtitles.
- 19:00 Lecture by Gabi Ngcobo. The lecture is in English
- From 19:30 there is a possibility for the audience to ask questions. The ending is foreseen at 19:45.
About Nástio Mosquito
Nástio Mosquito is a creative protagonist whose artwork, primarily in video and performance, encompasses the invention of multiple personas. Taking inspiration from culture, politics and mass media, the egos we meet interrogate topics such as war, sex, stereotypes, wealth and religion. Mosquito often toys with the ‘correct’ modes of cultural representation and language conventions prevalent in art and culture. The questions are simple yet radical: What do you genuinely care about? What are you willing to die for? King of Klowns in M HKA, Mosquito’s first major museum overview exhibition, considers the evolution of his practice from the early 2000s through to today.
