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Africa State of Mind: culture, identity and politics in contemporary African photography
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Date and time
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 · 11:45am - 1pm CEST
Location
Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal 1332 Piazza San Marco 30124 Venezia Italy
Description
Africa State of Mind: culture, identity and politics in contemporary African photography
The discussion considers how recent photographic practice from Africa is exploring themes of history, politics, race and gender, as well as interrogating ideas of 'Africanness' through subjective renderings of culture and identity on the continent.
With:
Shiraz Bayjoo, artist
Christine Eyene, independent curator
Paul Goodwin, independent curator
Kiluanji Kia Henda, artist
In conversation with Ekow Eshun, independent curator
Presented in collaboration with New Art Exchange.
Shiraz Bayjoo’s participation in Venice is supported by International Curators Forum (ICF) and Outset Contemporary Art Fund.
Image: Shiraz Bayjoo, Searching for Libertalia Cabinet Two, 2018, giclee print on Hahnemühle pearl paper. Courtesy of the artist.
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About the organizer
The African Art in Venice Forum (AAVF) is a public and free discursive event presented every other year in Venice, Italy during the opening week of the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte di Venezia. The project provides new opportunities of exchange and visibility for contemporary art from Africa and its diasporas in the cultural, professional, and infrastructural context of the Venice Biennale.
The second edition of the Forum is presented on 7-8-9 May 2019 at the Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal. It has been designed as a highly interactive experience featuring talks, workshops, readings, and more, with an expanded format spanning across three full days.
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