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Carsten Höller's Ode to Papa Wemba and Congolese Rumba

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Carsten Höller has been travelling to the Democratic Republic of Congo, undeterred by its long history of conflict, for many years. It remains one of his favourite places on earth. The artist’s love of Congolese rumba — a body-shaking and often politically charged musical style — has permeated several of his works, from the Double Club, a temporary Congolese-Western nightclub with Fondazione Prada, to Fara Fara, a two-channel film installation portraying a sound clash…

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