TheGATE Festival

African Inteligence21 April 2026 – 31 July 2026

In collaboration with the High‑Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS). Stuttgart - DE

Hadassa Ngamba completed an artist‑in‑residence programme in the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) at the HLRS during the week leading up to theGATE.

The residency also culminated in the creation of a panel on African Intelligence and Forest Fantastic in the CAVE.
Conference in French — Translation in English

Reimagining Digital Sovereignty
From Extractive Infrastructures to Autonomous Knowledge Systems by Hadassa Ngamba.

The African Intelligence session was hailed by HLRS as the highlight of the festival day.
University of Stuttgart. Stuttgart - DE.

With the participation of:
Ralph Dum, Quantum physicist - Welcome and Session Introduction

Hadassa Ngamba, Artist Visual - Diagnostic and Artistic point of view

Dr Uwe Wössner, Director of Visualisation at HLRS - CAVE and technical point of view.

Darius Bamwene Solo, Université Joseph Kasa-Vubu Boma, DRC - Digital Access Policies: Towards Digital Sovereignty in the Context of University Research in Congo.

Vittorio Loreto, Director of Sony Computer Science Laboratories (Sony CSL) - Scientific and technical point of view.

Prof. Dr Andreas Kaminski, Technische Universität Darmstadt - Philosophical point of view.

Martin Rauchbauer, Austrian Foreign Ministry - Politics of Access: Towards Digital Sovereignty.

Camera and Color Grading and photography by Matvey Fridman