STILL FIGHTING IGNORANCE & INTELLECTUAL PERFIDY
Video art from Africa
Curated by Kisito Assangni
13-30 March 2014
BEN URI MUSEUM
108a Boundary Road
LONDON NW8 0RH
UK
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PV: 13th March | 6.30pm
Panel discussion: 17th March | 6.30pm
Including:
Said Afifi (Morocco) | Nirveda Alleck (Mauritius) | Jude Anogwih (Nigeria) | Younes Baba-Ali (Morocco) | Rehema Chachage (Tanzania) | Saidou Dicko (Burkina Faso) | Ndoye Douts (Senegal) | Kokou Ekouagou (Togo) | Mohamed El Baz (Morocco) | Samba Fall (Senegal) | Dimitri Fagbohoun (Benin) | Wanja Kimani (Kenya) | Nicene Kossentini (Tunisia) | Kai Lossgott (South Africa) | Michele Magema (D.Congo) | Nathalie Mba Bikoro (Gabon) | Victor Mutelekesha (Zambia) | Johan Thom (South Africa) | Saliou Traoré (Burkina Faso) | Guy Woueté (Cameroon) | Ezra Wube (Ethiopia).
The program was previously presented at Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden; Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland; Torrance Art Museum, California, USA; National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow; Motorenhalle Centre for Contemporary Art, Dresden, Germany and Lucca Museum, Lucca, Italy.
Associated events:
Thursday 13th March: Exhibition Private View
Join us from 6.30pm for the opening of the new exhibition.
Monday 17th March: Talking Art
This discussion event will explore the current exhibition of African video art by 21 African artists.
Speakers include: David Glasser, Ben Uri Chair; Kisito Assangi, Exhibition Curator; Yvette Greslé, Arts Writer and PhD candidate, History of Art, University College London and Marie Rodet, Lecturer in African History, Convenor Film and History, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
To book your place, please call Laura Jones on 020 7604 3991
Tuesdays 18th and 25th March: Life Drawing Classes
Life drawing classes for all levels, within the exhibition space. For more details, click here.
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