Stories are created by entanglement. Of a story, only its memory remains, a perpetual reformulation, a repetition of the spoken word, the trace printed, or the song that we are capable of reproducing in part. The artists Tuli Mekondjo and…
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A constructed reality: the 11th edition of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair
The 11th edition of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair presented a constructed reality, inviting visitors to contemplate the fair not just as a space to stage exhibitions but also as a possible portal into a sense of community. At…
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Josèfa Ntjam : Leurres et lueurs identitaires
Comme moi, Josèfa Ntjam est une enfant de la diaspora. Comme moi, c’est une métisse culturelle « franco-africaine » qui, au gré de ses rencontres, n’a certainement pas échappé aux questions de savoir d’où elle venait (vraiment). Pourtant, existe-t-il un…
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Barbara Asei Dantoni : Touching the invisible
Hybridization, syncretism, interbreeding: these three words come to mind when you dive into the radiant universe of Barbara Asei Dantoni, three words which express precisely how much her “totem creations” are the meeting-point of several dimensions in perpetual interaction. They…
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Kristine Tsala: Miroir conteur .
Miroir conteur Kristine Tsala laisse son art porter sa voix et partager son vécu. Pour Memoria : récits d’une autre Histoire, la plasticienne prend la parole à travers une installation : Restitution1. Cette œuvre est constituée d’objets narrateurs d’un quotidien…
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Na Chainkua Reindorf : An emphatic assertion: Or self trough the mask.
Na Chainkua Reindorf takes the centuries-long history of masking—which is related to dancing, storytelling, and weaving of materials into costumes—and uses its ideologies and methods to explore what she refers to as “(re)claiming agency in self-expression. Born in Ghana,…
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Grâce Dorothée Tong : Ntu : Retrouver l’humain .
Les artistes réinventent le monde, essaient de le transformer, redonnent vie aux émotions partagées, facilitent la circulation et la compréhension des images, des mots, des harmonies et de tout ce qui donne à la vie sociale et économique son contrechamp…
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Carine Mansan Chowanek : In search of themselves and the self : At the sources of spirituality
Seventy-seven is the number of black busts thatmake up Ethiopian, the monumental sculpture by Carine Mansan Chowanek featured in the exhibition Memoria: accounts of another History. Seventy-seven, like the number of times Biblical tradition tells brothers to forgive one another,…
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Roxane Mbanga, Naked Underneath: Inhabiting nudity: when the garment reveals the body to affirm it better
The garment, in the sense of “clothing designed to show off and cover the body,” may have appeared about 170,000 years ago. Today, this idea of dressing implies taking into account several notions that, according to societal models, moral values,…
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Sènami Donoumassou : Ce qui se perd lorsque l’on quitte l’oralité pour l’écriture
Trois ans après sa première exposition monographique, l’artiste visuelle Sènami Donoumassou nous revient avec une nouvelle réflexion autour de la mémoire des langues. Entre photogrammes, installations protéiformes et dessins, sa pratique artistique expérimente l’envergure des potentialités de la lumière. A…
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