It is a great pleasure to present "JuJu White Magic", a new video work by Danish artist Gitte Villesen.
In a conversation with Café Sting's owner, Terje Vallestad told me a story about Amadou Sarr (a.k.a. Chilli Willi), a Gambian musician and knowledgeable practitioner of white magic. Vallestad related how in the middle of the night, Amadou, together with a local carpenter and Terje himself, removed a piece of the door step leading into the café to make an enclosure. Once finished, they placed a JuJu inside, then closed off the opening - making sure to efface any trace that the doorstep had been tampered with. Read more...