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Title: | Condition report: symposium on building art institutions in Africa = État des lieux: symposium sur la création d'institutions d'art en Afrique |
Editors: | Kouoh, Koyo Knight, Anna Diop, Carole Small Leye, David Clément |
Year: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | Ostfildern |
Publisher: | Hatje Cantz |
ISBN: | 3775737499; 9783775737494 |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | arts conference papers (form) 2012 |
Abstract: | This collective volume is the outcome of a symposium on building art institutions in Africa, held in Dakar in January 2012. The essays - in English and French - address the changing role of art institutions and initiatives in Africa, where the cultural and artistic context has been characterized by a predominance of government-led programmes and infrastructure. The last decade has witnessed the emergence of a variety of independent art spaces using a wide variety of formats to promote art and critical exchange. These initiatives draw a new cartography of artistic action in Africa. The essays look at the structural and programmatic issues at play in these institutions. They also discuss how former colonial powers define and implement strategies of cultural representation and exchange in postcolonial areas, and how these influence local dynamics of cultural action. Contributions by Koyo Kouoh, Simon Njami, Abdellah Karroum, Françoise Vergès, Didier Schaub & Marilyn Douala Manga Bell, Sarah Rifky, Adeline Chapelle & Bill Kouélany, Gabi Ngcobo, Sunjung Kim, Yona Backer, Anne Szefer Karlsen, Juan A. Gaitán, Katharina von Ruckteschell, Anton Vidokle, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Nana Oforiatta-Ayim, and Oumar Sall. [ASC Leiden abstract] |