1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Smile! (English)

1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Smile! (English)

Author: 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair January 22, 2021 Duration: 1:02:17
1-54 Forum Paris 20 - 23 January 2021 Curated by LE 18, Marrakech SMILE! Vernacular photography and the family album: a history of chosen moments, or performing the social. Vernacular photography is a kind of amateur photography whose subject is everyday life, without aesthetic or artistic intent. For several decades, many artists have been interested in poor images, found photos, recovered albums, which do not belong to them and which tell stories, intimate, anonymous, constituting a raw material to be re-sculpted, fictionalized, in order to reinvent and re-present its function as an object of memory. A three-way conversation between LAILA HIDA, artist photographer and founder of LE 18, ANNE DELREZ, photographer and founder of the Conserverie and CAROLLE BÉNITAH, photographer, whose practices converge towards the family album that they have in different ways, reactivated, manipulated, exhibited to explore. www.1-54.com

The 1-54 Forum podcast is an audio extension of the talks programme from the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair. This series captures the critical conversations that happen alongside the fair's physical editions in London, New York, and Marrakech. Rather than simply documenting events, the podcast delves into the ideas shaping contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, offering a platform for artists, curators, critics, and thinkers to explore themes that define the current moment. Listeners will hear unfiltered discussions on artistic practice, curation, and the complex cultural dialogues that this vibrant art scene engages with globally. Each episode provides a deeper understanding of the contexts and narratives behind the work, moving beyond the gallery walls to examine the forces influencing creation and exhibition. The audio format allows for an intimate and focused engagement with perspectives that are often nuanced and multifaceted. By tuning in, you gain access to a curated selection of dialogues that highlight the fair's core mission to promote diverse and underrepresented viewpoints within the international art landscape. This podcast serves as a lasting resource for anyone interested in the evolving discourse of contemporary African art, preserving the dynamism of live talks for reflection and continued learning long after the fairs conclude. It is an essential listen for those who seek to comprehend the breadth and depth of this artistic field through the voices actively shaping its future.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Virtual Salon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:39
1-54 Forum London 14 - 17 October 2021 The Virtual Salon The digital, the virtual, the augmented, the real, the imagined; A.F.K versus I.R.L—the lexicon around our digital world both perplexes and invigorates ‘our’ colle…
1-54 Forum New York 2021 | Artist talk with Timothy Washington [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:32
1-54 Forum New York 17 May - 2 June 2021 Artist Talk with Timothy Washington Join artist TIMOTHY WASHINGTON and curator KILOLO LUCKETT as they discuss Washington’s recent work and practice for his solo exhibition, INDUCT…
1-54 Webinar | Performance Art in the time of Protest and Pandemic [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:09
1-54 Webinar | Performance Art in the time of Protest and Pandemic 3 March 2021 A conversation with artists JELILI ATIKU, SHEILA CHUKWULOZIE and ADELAIDE DAMOAH led by LISA ANDERSON, independent curator and founder of Bl…