Buttons screening as part of Kisito Assangni's 'Still Fighting Ignorance & Intellectual Perfidy' at the Marrakech Biennale.
26 Feb - 30 March 2014
http://www.marrakechbiennale.org/5th-edition-2014/parallel-projects
26 Feb - 30 March 2014
http://www.marrakechbiennale.org/5th-edition-2014/parallel-projects
Fondation Blachère is pleased to announce its next creative workshop in preparation for the exhibition “La Parole aux Femmes” that will take place in its Art Centre in April 2014.
Following a call for applications sent out last September a committee, composed of Fondation Blachère and curator Christine Eyene, has selected 5 women artists based on the African continent and working on questions related to the body and gender, to participate in a creative workshop leading to a commission of new work to be presented in the exhibition.
The selected artists are:
Ifeoma Anyaeji (Nigeria), sculpture,
Justine Gaga (Cameroon), sculpture, installation,
Euridice Kala (Mozambique/South Africa), photography,
Wanja Kimani (Kenya), mixed media, installation,
Mavis Tauzeni (Zimbabwe), painting.
Accompanied with Christine Eyene, the artists will stay for two weeks at Wemah Art Project, a new residency space initiated by internationally acclaimed Cameroonian artist Joel Mpah Dooh. Drawing inspiration from the peaceful village of Bonendale, near Douala (Cameroon) this residency will offer an ideal environment to reflect on women’s artistic practice in Cameroon and on the African continent both creatively and critically.
A public conversation scheduled on Saturday 25th January 2014 will conclude this workshop and enable the artists and curator to share this experience with the local art scene.
Read more on Christine Eyene's blog: www.eyonart.blogspot.com
Following a call for applications sent out last September a committee, composed of Fondation Blachère and curator Christine Eyene, has selected 5 women artists based on the African continent and working on questions related to the body and gender, to participate in a creative workshop leading to a commission of new work to be presented in the exhibition.
The selected artists are:
Ifeoma Anyaeji (Nigeria), sculpture,
Justine Gaga (Cameroon), sculpture, installation,
Euridice Kala (Mozambique/South Africa), photography,
Wanja Kimani (Kenya), mixed media, installation,
Mavis Tauzeni (Zimbabwe), painting.
Accompanied with Christine Eyene, the artists will stay for two weeks at Wemah Art Project, a new residency space initiated by internationally acclaimed Cameroonian artist Joel Mpah Dooh. Drawing inspiration from the peaceful village of Bonendale, near Douala (Cameroon) this residency will offer an ideal environment to reflect on women’s artistic practice in Cameroon and on the African continent both creatively and critically.
A public conversation scheduled on Saturday 25th January 2014 will conclude this workshop and enable the artists and curator to share this experience with the local art scene.
Read more on Christine Eyene's blog: www.eyonart.blogspot.com
Collaboration with Finnish-born composer, music producer, sound artist and writer llpo Jauhiainen.
The final track is a fusion of a spoken word piece I did related to 'Buttons', vocals from a Benin-based singer and Ilpo's instrumental. The track will be available soon so watch this space!
In the meantime, you can listen to Ilpo's work here: https://soundcloud.com/ilpo
Buttons (2012) will be screened on Friday 14th June at 7pm at Asni Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Pop Up Addis is working to exhibit contemporary artists from different countries in a group show in Addis Ababa. The premise of the show is to present work based on the artists interpretations of Ethiopia.
Show opens in Bole Rwanda on May 9th from 7-10pm.
More information can be found at http://popupaddis.tumblr.com.
Show opens in Bole Rwanda on May 9th from 7-10pm.
More information can be found at http://popupaddis.tumblr.com.
You Have Not Changed and You Have Changed examined in 'Investigating Contemporary African Art: Three Artists from Dak'Art 2012' by Juliet Moss (California State University).
This study examines the work of Younes Baba-Ali, Victor Mutelekesha, and Wanja Kimani at the 2012 Dakar Biennale. The Biennale itself, marketed as a pan- African event, evolved out of the cultural policies of President Léopold Senghor seeking to expose the world to authentic African art. Though initially aimed at creating cultural purity, his views differ only slightly from the Western construct of authenticity, which is still utilized today to determine inclusion or exclusion of contemporary African art in museum collections, galleries, and exhibitions. In addition, its logic is also utilized by non-Western critics, curators, and collectors seeking an authentic African aesthetic experience. However, this study will show that the notion of authenticity, ambiguous at best, is utilized by today’s artists as a catalyst to move beyond its limitations. Creating work that is both local and global in scope, they work within a shared space that recognizes cultural diversities, differences, and histories, resulting in work that is extremely complex, rich, and meaningful.
The full paper can be viewed here: http://scholarworks.csun.edu/bitstream/handle/10211.2/2482/Juliet.Moss.Thesis.Final.11.19.12.pdf?sequence=1
Into the Real World
4th Short Video Biennial - 5 Minutes 2012
5 October – 26 October 2012
P74 Gallery, Trg Prekomorskih brigad 1, Ljubljana
Curated by: Silke Opitz
Organised by: Polonca Lovšin
For the fourth edition of the Short Video Biennial - 5 Minutes we have collaborated with German art historian and curator Silke Opitz, who proposed the theme Into the Real World.
After reviewing the 39 video works that were submitted to the international open call in May and July 2012 the expert jury consisting of Silke Opitz, Jaka Železnikar, and Polonca Lovšin selected two works for presentation: the video Utopia by artist Wanja Kimani and the video Waiting Panorama by tandem Tina Helen and Søren Thilo Funder.
This year’s biennial is connected to the artworks of Finnish artist Pilvi Takala. Her video works and installations are presented in the accompanying solo exhibition Aside. The common characteristic of the video works in the biennial as well as those in the accompanying exhibition is the thin line between reality and fiction.
After reviewing the 39 video works that were submitted to the international open call in May and July 2012 the expert jury consisting of Silke Opitz, Jaka Železnikar, and Polonca Lovšin selected two works for presentation: the video Utopia by artist Wanja Kimani and the video Waiting Panorama by tandem Tina Helen and Søren Thilo Funder.
This year’s biennial is connected to the artworks of Finnish artist Pilvi Takala. Her video works and installations are presented in the accompanying solo exhibition Aside. The common characteristic of the video works in the biennial as well as those in the accompanying exhibition is the thin line between reality and fiction.
'YOU HAVE CHANGED' 2012
In response to the disappearance of her work You Have Not Changed, Wanja Kimani is arranging for a dress change intervention at the DAK’Art international exhibition.
Please bring any loved or unloved clothes to hang on the line in memory of the beloved dress she wore when she last met her father at the age of 8.
Tuesday 15 May 2012 at 4 pm, Musée (IFAN), Place de Soweto
e: wanjawakimani@gmail.com t: 772283888
If you can not make it to the dress changing intervention, but want to donate clothes, please hand in at: Hotel Lagon 2 (Wanja) or Novotel (Claudia).
