In 2018, seventy-five artists from thirty-three countries came together for the contemporary African art biennial known as Dak’Art. The offsite program featured more than 200 autonomous artist-organized exhibitions and events across Dakar and on the island of Gorée.
The projects we share in our next episode explore ideas of freedom and responsibility as they investigate colonial histories, politics, and the economy, migration and the environment. Often achieved collectively and always emphasizing process, experimentation and action, they animate the legacy of legendary Senegalese artist Joe Ouakam and Agit’Art, the revolutionary creative movement he co-founded in 1974.
Voices you’ll hear: Simon Njami, Glenda León, Guy Woueté, Marcos Lora Read, Magdi Mostafa, Tori Wraånes, Marisol Rodriguez, Moataz Nasreldin, Pascal Traoré, Michel Amadou Gué
Sound Editor: Anamnesis Audio | Photography: Courtesy participating curators and artists
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- outside Ancien Palais de Justice, Dakar
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- Destination Fresh Art 2018: Dakar
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- Guy Woueté, Democratic Classroom, 2018
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- Magdi Mostafa, Transmission Loss 2018
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- masks, Dakar 2018
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- Marcos Lora Read, La Casa Roja 2018
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- Cairo Bats, DARB 1718
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- fruit stand, Dakar
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- Karem Ibrahim, Progress Digress Regress, DARB1718 2018
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- Ancien Marché Malien, Dakar 2018
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- La Cloche des Fourmis wall drawing 2018
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- Agit’Art, La Cloche des Fourmis 2018
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- ZAM ZAM, Too much 2018
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- Legendary Issa Samb
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- Tori Wrånes in the Blue Hour
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- inside the House of Slaves, Dominican Republic 2018
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- Amadou Gué home studio, Gorée Island 2018
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- Island of Gorée, 2018
Related Episodes: Magdi Mostafa Turns Analog Tech into Sound Sculpture, LIVE from Dak’Art 2018, SITElines, Unsettled Landscapes 2014
Related Links: Dak’Art 2018, Simon Njami, Glenda León, Guy Woueté, Marcos Lora Read, Magdi Mostafa, Tori Wrånes, Marisol Rodriguez, ZAM ZAM, Moataz Nasreldin, DARB1718, Issa Samb, Agit’Art, Pascal Traoré, Island of Gorée
