ART, Migration and Identity in the Old Church in Amsterdam. Residency program of 8 African Bienialle artists in collaboration 8 European artists and dispora. Continuing the dialogue!

 

 

 

Art in Redlight & Thamgidi foundation are pleased to announce the first exhibition in Amsterdam that came as a result of a unique collaboration between Artists from Africa, Europe and the diaspora.Under the theme  Art, Migration and Identity, this unique art exbibition based on the IFAA 2008 artist in residency program will reflect the responce of the artists to the theme, the representation of identity and Migration in the Arts, while at the same time inviting the audience to the continuing dialogue. Initiated as a responce to the ongoing discourse of putting the unfamiliar into boxes, this exhibition will take the viewer on a journey

that interrogates and explores issues on Art, Migration and Identity.

 

In reflection to the collaboration between the artists, Misheck Masamvu 2008 IFAA participant wrote;

 

"Days come to an end and experiences remain, in the time spent within the belly of IFAA, what counted was not my individual input rather the collective resolution to forces of our interest and anxiety to the torments of actual drama that shapes mankind. The individual, caged or free, that individual became a force within a belly full of hope and optimism. We had a sensitive theme to guide us through during the residence, Art, Migration and Identity; we became a family according to moment, place and circumstance. Today back in my native land, I pursue a dream to address the challenges of my generation, by promoting and empowering artist through dialogue".

 

 

 Exhibiting artists

•Bill Kouelany, Congo • Bright Ugochukwu Eke, Nigeria • Cheikhou Ba, Senegal • Pelagie Gbaguidi, Benin, Belgium • Mansour Ciss, Senegal, Nkosikhona Ngcobo, South Africa Kelvin Dalton Johnson, England • Alite Thijsen, Netherland • Rob Sweere, Netherland, Aref Damee, Afghanistan • Keiko Sato, Japan • • Frouwkje Smit, Netherlands • Misheck Masamvu, Zimbabwe • Teresa Maria Diaz Nerio, Dominican  Republic •Frank van der Weide, Netherland • Andrea Stultiens, Nederland   Residencies during Art, Migration & Identity include:   Bright. U. Eke      Bright building his installation at the red-light district,     Apes Container "using Pasta making as a form of dialogue"   Our other guest artists in residency are the 5 Apes container who will host a table of discussions and performances beginning on 22/11 till 4/12 2009. The 5 Apes Container are winners of the Thamgidi Foundation prize and Beijing Studio Centre prize at the biennale of Skopje 2009 in Macedonia which was given for the ResArtis award. Their participation in the project Art, Migration and Identity is the starting point for their residency which will continue in Beijing in 2010.Their performances and table of discussions in Amsterdam will take place at the Oude Kerk for the duration of the exhibition. We invite you to join us for the table of discussions, the meals and performances.   "Apes Container at a table of discussions at the biennale of Skopje in Macedonia"   For more information visit the websites: www.artinredlight.com http://www.ifaa-net.eu For further details, or additional visual material, please contact Ms. Simone Swildens 06 52 64 86 14 or Ms. Sithabile Mlotshwa 06 21 39 10 15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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