Ten cities, two continents, three disciplines — the project TEN CITIES brought together around 50 DJs, producers, and musicians from Berlin, Bristol, Johannesburg, Cairo, Kyiv, Lagos, Lisbon, Luanda, Nairobi, and Naples. The aim was to create collaborative music and facilitate an exchange of knowledge about the club scenes in each of these cities.
At the same time, a research component explored the concept of the public sphere through the lens of club culture. Twenty-three researchers contributed essays and studies that examined these often overlooked music scenes and their subcultures, while ten photographers captured artistic perspectives on the same themes.
The musical outcome has been released on the album TEN CITIES via Soundway Records.
Research and photography have been published in the book TEN CITIES via Spector Books
https://spectorbooks.com/book/ten-citiesTEN CITIES was organized by the Goethe-Institut Kenya, Adaptr.org, C/O Berlin, the Centre of Postcolonial Studies at the University of Naples (Italy), and a network of partners across all ten cities.