It took me a while to write this text explaining my full opinion about the 2015th edition of the International Festival of Carthage. After all researches I have made on the topic which is the subject of my thesis project. I couldn’t hold my feelings of disappointment. To be honest I don’t know the majority of shows or artists performing on the scene of the festival, but the choice of two performers have shoked me this year, and also a considered number of festival followers.
Through my research I have found that the scene of Carthage is one of the most famous in the Arabic world, a scene that makes a lot of artists dreaming to perform on. The few years where Rotana managed it and used it to communicate its newest artist projects even if they were bad, there where mans courage enough to delete the contract because they knew this would demolish the image of the scene that held performances on patriotism, love, beauty and most of all art. The 51st edition is worst because it’s us Tunisian screwing with our own hands a patrimony that our grandfathers have left for us. Here I am talking about Kafon and Akon performances, both extremely commercial and with no real contribution to the cultural field neither artistically nor technically. Using a lot of sound effects in order to hide their unpleasant voices, adding to that, themes they are treating, I will be publishing the latest Kafon video clip to make my idea clearer.
In the FIC presentation where their slogan was “The future is now” one phrase retain my attention which is « Et si on pensait aussi aux 51 ans à venir et confirmait encore plus la nécessité de l’art et de la culture dans l’avenir du pays comme un fondement majeur de la société et de son identité, de plus en plus large et ouverte ? » Well thank you for confirming the identity of tunisian people with such poor and unartistic performances.
To finish, as a friend once said: “we are in an era where the bad is glorified”
Thank you for reading!
The link for Kafon's video clip, and please don't tell me it is artistic, remember that there are children following him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o__CxDjlCxM
