Anmari Mëtsa Yabi Wili invited Videocity to her new project with LORIN’s PROMENADE, LP2024 RINGS & WINGS - PEACE LOVE JOY. The 2 compilers with mostly women artists from Ukraine and Iran are part of the CargoSpaceConcerts, specially of the part by the FMD, ForumMusicDiversity Switzerland.

The Videocity compilers will be interpreted live by musicians of the e n s e m b l e d r i v i n g s o u n d s & a r t s

Planing (changes might occur): https://www.lorinspromenade.com/lp2024-concerts-videocity

Eye-View Utopia Ukraine

After the start of the war in Ukraine in spring 2022, the Videocity team was corresponding with Ukrainian artists. From our exchange, we learned that we can help by giving their works a presence in the art world. So, we showed Ukrainian video art in Basel and Bern, followed by exhibitions in other towns.

As the war continues, we believe it is important to show Ukrainian artists‘ videos as often as possible in order to share their perspectives and to stand by their side.

Artists: Copa & Sordes, Maksym Khodak, Olia Fedorova, Yana Bachynska, Sergey Bratkov, Diana Derii, Marina Dykukha

Curators: Polina Chizhova, Andrea Domesle, James Stephen Wright and Videocity Team

Musicians: e n s e m b l e d r i v i n g s o u n d s & a r t s 

Women from Iran

Iranian contemporary art is rarely shown in Europe. Curator Zahira Mozafari focuses on the work of two young women who live in Tehran, where they exhibit in galleries and at international film festivals, but have never been shown in the cities on the banks of the Rhine. What is special is that the two artists live in Tehran and critically reflect on global issues such as environmental pollution and the status of women in their short videos.

Artists: Sara Sasani and Zohre Solati

Curators: Zahira Mozafari and Videocity Team

Musicians: e n s e m b l e d r i v i n g s o u n d s & a r t s 

Times + Locations:

Lorin docking: Basel, CH, Uferstrasse Lotsensteiger

Ship Lorin in Basel: 10.06. - 30.06.2024

23.06.2024, Sunday «Eye-View Utopia Ukraine»

Start of the video screening after sunset with an introduction by the curator Andrea Domesle 22:00 – 23:00

Live music interpretation by Anmari Mëtsa Yabi Wili and Eli Wallace.

29.06.2024, Saturday «Women from Iran»

Start of the video screening after sunset, with an introduction by the curator Zahira Mozafari 22:00 – 23:00

Live music interpretation by Anmari Mëtsa Yabi Wili and Jan Mikael Szafirowski

Lorin docking: Strasbourg, F, Quai des Belges 12

Ship Lorin in Strasbourg: 28.08. – 02.09.2024

30.08.2024, Friday: Start of the video screening after sunset, 21:00 – 22:30: «Eye-View Utopia Ukraine» and «Women from Iran»

Live music interpretation by Anmari Mëtsa Yabi Wili and Niki Neecke.

Lorin docking: Cologne, DE, Rheinauhafen - Leystapel

Ship Lorin in Cologne: 06.09. – 10.09.2024

09.09.2024, Monday: Start after sunset, 20:30 – 22:00: «Eye-View Utopia Ukraine» and «Women from Iran»

Live music interpretation by Anmari Mëtsa Yabi Wili and Niki Neecke 

Lorin docking: Duisburg, DE, Innenhafen

Ship Lorin in Duisburg: 26.09. – 30.09.2024

28.09.2024, Saturday: Start after sunset, 20:00 – 21:30: «Eye-View Utopia Ukraine» and «Women from Iran»

Live music interpretation by Anmari Mëtsa Yabi Wili and XICORIBAS. 

Lorin docking: Rotterdam, NL, Spoorweghaven

Ship Lorin in Rotterdam: 07.10. – 12.10.2024

10.10.2024, Wednesday:  Start after sunset, 19:30 – 21:00: «Eye-View Utopia Ukraine» and «Women from Iran»

Live music interpretation by Anmari Mëtsa Yabi Wili, Niki Neecke and XICORIBAS.

Location and host:

The Lorin cargo ship is travelling on the Rhine from Basel to Rotterdam for the fifth time since 2019. In terms of the goods transported, this is the second largest waterway in the world. Lorin stops at various moorings and presents its very special cargo: a very diverse programme of music and art is once again on offer for the public strolling along the banks in 2024. Anmari Mëtsa Yabi Wili is the initiator. Alongside 29 musicians from all over the world and in various genres, she has invited Videocity on the cruise on the Rhine for the first time to participate in an experimental and stimulating exchange with the musicians.

Two video cycles, the first showing videos by Ukrainian artists and the second by Iranian artists, will be musically interpreted in spontaneous live acts, turning the flow of filmic images into a unique experience.

Years ago, Anmari Mëtsa Yabi Wili breathed new life into an old cargo ship, calling it Lorin, where she pools her diverse artistic activities and worldwide contacts. The pianist and composer also initiates interdisciplinary projects. She also appears as a performer with or without voice, as part of the ensemble LE DONNE IDEALI or shows her works of art in the freighter's gallery. The Basel native lives aboard her culture cargo ship Lorin, travelling between Basel and Rotterdam.

The Videocity team and the invited video artists are delighted to be part of this multimedia synthesis of the arts. Above all we look forward to surprising and inspiring encounters with musicians and audiences from all over the world.