WE ARE GOING TO MARS

IGC Fashion designed the costumes for the video works behind Part 1 of the choreographic concert and ensemble We Are Going To Mars (2022) by the Christoph Winkler company. This project used music, video, and dance to explore the history of Africa's first space program in Zambia in 1960 and its reception over the past 50 years. Founded by Edward Mukuka Nkoloso, the space station trained "Afronauts" and using homemade equipment, prepared to launch the D-Kalu 1 rocket on October 24, 1964. Whether the initiative was a serious scientific endeavour or a satirical commentary on imperialism, the term "Afronauts" and the programme has contributed to movements like Afro-futurism and the work of Afro-American musician Sun Ra and his credo, “Space is the place.”