In this opening event, you will have the rare chance to hear from a panel of exhibiting African photographers. They will talk about how they are constructing, inventing, and revealing narratives about Africa’s histories, traditions, and communities. Chaired by the exhibition's curator Osei Bonsu, you will explore how contemporary African photography is addressing social, political and environmental shifts to reimagine Africa’s role in a global society.
This will be a discursive event where artists share their practice. It will be followed by an opportunity for you to ask questions.
Ndidi Dike
Ndidi Dike born in London, is a major multi-disciplinary contemporary British Nigerian artist living and working on the continent. Her art investigates the social and political structures that govern how life is lived in the present and how the past is remembered. By exploring themes such as pre- and post-colonial history in Africa, the economic legacy of the enslaved and forced migration, the effects of the extractive industrial complex on life and natural resources of the global south and their consumption as commodities, among others.
Dawit L. Petros
Dawit L. Petros is a visual artist, researcher and educator. He completed an MFA in Visual Art at Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; a BFA in Photography at Concordia University, Montreal; a BA in History at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum in New York City. His research practice analyses the entanglements between colonialism and modernity. Petros is an Associate Professor in the Department of Photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is represented by Tiwani Contemporary in London, UK and Bradley Ertaskiran in Montreal, Canada.
Zina Saro-Wiwa
Zina Saro-Wiwa is an artist who lives and works between Los Angeles, the UK and Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Her multi-disciplinary, research-based practice deals primarily with environmentalism, invisible ecologies and power. She uses video, photography, sound, distillation, food, performance lecture and institution-building to tell stories and share research and meditation findings.
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