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YENKO NKOA-From Ghallywood to Deepfake
YENKO NKOAA: From Ghallywood to Deepfakes
ARCHIVE PARTY & FILM SCREENING
AT pIAR, Kumasi, Saturday 25th October 2025
Lets party with Bob Okala and Eat with memories of mix feelings.
Yenko Nkoaa: from Ghallywood to Deepfakes - invites you to an archive party reimagining how we inherit images and how those images, in turn, reproduce us.
From Ghana's 90s homegrown film industry, Ghallywood, through the beloved Key Soap Concert Party - a televised mix of comedy, drag-like theatre, and moral satire - to today's Al illusions, we trace the continuum of how the media scripts our desires, anxieties, realities and silences.
Through screenings, conversations and zine-making, we gather as both witnesses and storytellers, revisiting the images that shaped a generation and asking:
How did they define our sense of Ghanaian, gender, morality and belonging?
And how will that shift, in time of deepfakes, torn between reality and illusions?
Join us for a part reflection, part celebration and part reclaiming of how we look, remember and imagine together.
This is a close event for women and LGBTQIA+ Only
Free but strictly by registration
REGISTER BEFORE 20TH October 2025
NOTE: Our securities will not allow you an entry if you do not sign up
VENUE/LOCATION
crazinisT artisT studiO, Oduom, Kumasi
perfocraZe International Artist Residency – [pIAR]
DATE/TIME
Gate Opens: 3:00PM GMT
4:00PM GMT: Live Performances
6:00 PM GMT: Dinner begins with DJ music, Film screening story tellings, drinks, food, dance, etc
What If We Love & Protect Each Other?
SATURDAY, 28 JUNE 2025
perfocraZe International Artist Residence (pIAR) in collaboration with the (DAP) Digital Archive Project GH and W’AHU Magazine is inviting friends, families, artists, fans, art enthusiasts and the general public to our exhibition titled: What If We Love & Protect Each Other?
VENUE/LOCATION
perfocraze_international Artist Residency, Kumasi
crazinisT artisT studiO, Oduom, Kumasi (check google Map for direction or call us)
Detailed direction and contact numbers will be provided after reservation
Ticket:
Our tickets are free and open for everyone but for limited space, please sign up for free by filling this form or contact us on WhatsApp +233 20 413 7407 Or email: piarvirtualstudio@gmail.com
GATE OPENS @ 3:30PM GMT
ENTRY FREE FREE FREE
NOTE: First Performance starts at exactly 4:00PM GMT. Don't miss it!
- LINE UP
- Perfomances
- Installations
- Films/moving images
- Panel conversation
- Party
There will be some refreshments with drinks, pastries, popcorn etc during the opening...
COME, AND LET'S LOVE AND PROTECT EACH OTHER
What If We Love & Protect Each Other? is not a question — it is a practice, an offering, and a collective act of resistance.
What If We Love & Protect Each Other is a space of celebration and remembrance: it honours the present vitality of queer life while acknowledging the histories often erased or suppressed that have made this moment possible.
Rooted in a nexus of mutualism, W’AHU, Wahu Magazine in collaboration with the (DAP) Digital archive project gh and pIAR perforcraZe International Artist Residency, brings together archival traces and contemporary artistic interventions. Through acts of reclamation, reinterpretation, and reimagination, these works confront hegemonic narratives and reaffirm the multiplicity of queer experiences in Ghana.
Featuring Ato Kwamina Hasford, Baahwa, Eden Oyeoku, Essel Ekuban, and Naa Nuerkie, these artists work across sound, textiles, performance and photography, engaging with sites of collective memory, reimagining our connections as ecosystems of care, where protection and support enable resilience and growth.
This exhibition becomes both a sanctuary and a proposition. It holds space for reflection, mourning, affirmation, and imagination of what becomes possible when we choose to love and protect one another.
LOVE WINS
pAIR || W’AHU || DAP
Activist Choreographies of Care: perfocraZe International Artist Residency
Emergency Relocation ONLY (1 to 8 weeks)
IMPORTANT NOTE: READ EVERYTHING ON THIS PAGE CAREFULLY
- Emergency Relocation Assistance for Queer Individuals and Women Experiencing Domestic Violence and Life-Threatening Abuse in Ghana
- This form is exclusively for emergency relocation, necessitating evacuation or relocation within the first 3 days of application and requiring accommodation for 1 to 8 weeks only, depending on the circumstances.
- Please call our emergency line before applying, as room and resource availability, and the program itself, cannot be guaranteed at all times. The program relies solely on funding from Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi.
- Please be aware that the crazinisT artisT studiO and its team retain the right to involve law enforcement and legal authorities if necessary.
- We may investigate your case and contact relevant individuals. Please be truthful in the information you provide.
No Deadline
While there's no set deadline, the number of applicants accepted are limited
I CAN NOT FILL THIS FORM
If you require assistance completing this form, please seek help from someone who can read and assist you. In extreme cases, you may contact us via WhatsApp, email, or phone, or visit the TTO || pIAR.
Relocation stay:
- Minimum: 1 day
- Maximum: 8 week (exceptions for specific situations requiring longer stay)
Eligibility Requirements:
- Emergency situations only
- Age: 16-30 years old (Any age below this will be referred to legal authorities for immediate actions)
- Priority: Women, transgender individuals, and queer individuals lacking family support
- Applicants must be willing to comply with all the safety and security policies of the crazinisT artisT studiO