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Focus on AfricaWhy did funeral plans for Zambia's ex-president Lungu cause a row?Zambia's former president, Edgar Lungu, reportedly left instructions that his political rival and current president Hakainde Hichilema "should not come anywhere near his body". Edgar Lungu died on the 5th of June and ever since, his family and the Zambian government have been locked in a tussle over his funeral. However, following days of negotiations, arrangements for his burial have now been finalised. This isn't the first time Zambia has experienced burial disputes for deceased former heads of state, including for its independence president, Kenneth Kaunda. Is there no legislation to guide these eventualities? Lawyer John Sangwa provides the...2025-06-1738 min
Appleton PodcastEpisódio 164 – “Pelo Museu Habitado” - Conversa com Nuria Enguita Nuria Enguita ( Madrid, 1967) é historiadora, editora e curadora. Licenciada em História e Teoria da Arte pela Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1990), leccionou teoria e gestão da arte em numerosos centros e universidades e publicou numerosos textos em catálogos e revistas de arte contemporânea como Parkett, Afterall e Concreta.. Entre 1991 e 1998 foi curadora do IVAM, em Valência. Como Directora Artística da Fundació Antoni Tàpies, em Barcelona, entre 1998 e 2008, organizou exposições e publicações de Ligya Clark, Chris Marker, Sanja Ivekovic, Ibon Aranberri, Pedro G. Romero e Steve McQueen, entre outros. Trabalhou ainda em projectos como...2025-03-311h 04
Everything Is ConnectedOtobong Nkanga: in conversation with Folasade OlogunduduOn this episode, I'm joined by Otobong Nkanga as we discuss her latest commission, Cadence, on view at the MoMA now through summer 2025. I first discovered her work when I wrote about her earlier this year for the summer issue of Sculpture Magazine.Otobong Nkanga, a multidisciplinary visual artist born in Nigeria and based in Antwerp, Belgium, explores themes of memory, identity, and the complex relationships between people and their environment. Nkanga’s art is deeply rooted in storytelling, using materials like minerals, textiles, and organic substances to narrate humanity's interaction with land and resources. Nka...2024-12-1333 min
The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 256 "Reimagining the World Through Art" Meet Lauren O'ConnellSteve capped off his trip to Scottsdale with an enlightening visit with Lauren O'Connell, curator of contemporary art at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) in Arizona. The inspiring and thought-provoking conversation left him smiling all the way home on the drive back to Mesquite.
Lauren is a curator, writer, and educator focusing on contemporary art. Lauren previously held positions at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the Architecture and Design Department and UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive where she organized Architecture of Life (2016) with former director Lawrence Rinder and worked on nu...2024-12-0539 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 256 "Reimagining the World Through Art" Meet Lauren O'ConnellSteve capped off his trip to Scottsdale with an enlightening visit with Lauren O'Connell, curator of contemporary art at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) in Arizona. The inspiring and thought-provoking conversation left him smiling all the way home on the drive back to Mesquite.
Lauren is a curator, writer, and educator focusing on contemporary art. Lauren previously held positions at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the Architecture and Design Department and UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive where she organized Architecture of Life (2016) with former director Lawrence Rinder and worked on nu...2024-12-0539 min
EMPIRE LINESScottish Mission Book Depot Keta, El Anatsui (2024) (EMPIRE LINES x Talbot Rice Gallery)Curator Tessa Giblin deconstructs El Anatsui’s monumental, sculptural textiles, unravelling the ties that still bind post-colonial Ghana, Nigeria, and Scotland in the 21st century.
Born in 1944, between the German and British colonial periods of the Gold Coast (1821-1957), El Anatsui has engaged critically with the impact of colonialism across Africa. He is well-known for his large-scale, sculptural wall hangings made by stitching-together of thousands of aluminium metal bottle tops; whisky, gin, and brandy were alcohols introduced into Ghana and Nigeria during the 15th century as ‘trade spirits’, first exchanged for gold, then enslaved people, becoming the second...2024-09-1217 min
A brush with...A brush with… Otobong NkangaOtobong Nkanga talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Nkanga, born in 1974 in Kano, Nigeria, explores the land and the environment in relation to our bodies and the cultures and histories that mould and define them. Working across sculpture, installation, performance, sound, photography and video, Otobong brings together what she calls constellations of images, movements and objects, to poetically interweave ideas relating to cultural history and anthropology, geography and geology. She fuses in-depth research with her own lived expe...2024-06-121h 04
I Hope This Message Finds You WellI Hope This Message Finds You Well, Clémentine Deliss (S3/Ep5)In the fifth episode of the season we talked to Dr. Clémentine Deliss who works across the borders of contemporary art, critical anthropology, curatorial practice, and publishing. We talked about her curatorial beginnings and significant projects in her professional trajectory as an “artist to artist” curator. We also discussed her take on the exhibition that foregrounds and reflects a “conceptual intimacy”, where non-didactic learning, visual thinking and juxtapositions take center stage.
Dr. Clémentine Deliss is Global Humanities Professor in History of Art, University of Cambridge, and Associate Curator at KANAL-Centre Pompidou in Brussels, where she runs the “Metabolic Museum-Unive...2024-05-101h 18
Kunstmatig#28 - Tussen zeespiegel en smartphoneDeze aflevering gaat over de relaties tussen klimaat en technologie. Rosa en Veerle bespreken hoe technologie ons helpt om klimaatverandering te begrijpen en voorspellen, maar ook hoe technologische ontwikkelingen ook een negatieve impact hebben op het klimaat. In deze aflevering onderzoeken ze hoe kunstenaars op verschillende manieren aandacht vragen voor de relaties tussen klimaat en technologie. Veerle bespreekt The [uncertain] Four Seasons: in symfonie waarin je op basis van klimaatdata kunt horen hoe onze seizoenen in 2050 zullen klinken als we zo doorgaan als nu. Rosa laat door middel van de installatie In Pursuit of Bling zien dat onze technologische...2023-12-0542 min
¿Qué hay de tu vida?Núm. 188 Otobong Nkanga en el IVAM. Porque te vas Jeanette. Marinero en Tierra Alberti. Habitación de hotel Josefa ParraPresentado por Charo Onieva y David Parra, quienes te dan la bienvenida a sus contenidos.
La exposición de arte acude al Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM) que dedica una muestra monográfica a Otobong Nkanga (1974), una creadora que emplea la escultura, el dibujo y la performance, pero también la escritura y los formatos pedagógicos, para analizar la noción de ‘tierra’ como una formación geológica y discursiva.
El rincón para el recuerdo de Qué hay de tu vida Podcast número 188 rememora la canción Porque te vas, compuesta por José Luis Perales e interpretada p...2023-11-2914 min¿Qué hay de tu vida?Núm. 188 Otobong Nkanga en el IVAM. Porque te vas Jeanette. Marinero en Tierra Alberti. Habitación de hotel Josefa ParraPresentado por Charo Onieva y David Parra, quienes te dan la bienvenida a sus contenidos.
La exposición de arte acude al Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM) que dedica una muestra monográfica a Otobong Nkanga (1974), una creadora que emplea la escultura, el dibujo y la performance, pero también la escritura y los formatos pedagógicos, para analizar la noción de ‘tierra’ como una formación geológica y discursiva.
El rincón para el recuerdo de Qué hay de tu vida Podcast número 188 rememora la canción Porque te vas, compuesta por José Luis Perales e interpretada p...2023-11-2914 min
Modern Art Notes PodcastHoliday clips: Otobong Nkanga, Griselda RosasArtists Otobong Nkanga, Griselda Rosas2023-10-0547 min
UntitledARTE E ANTROPOCENE E.4- Otobong Nkanga- In Pursuit of BlingQuesto è il quarto e ultimo appuntamento della miniserie dedicata al tema Arte e Antropocene e nei prossimi minuti esploreremo l’installazione In Pursuit of Bling dell’artista Otobong Nkanga. Nella sua pratica, l'artista indaga gli effetti del neocolonialismo, dei disastri ambientali e parla dell’importanza del rispetto dell’ambiente attraverso uno stile estremamente elegante e minimale. Nell’installazione IN In Pursuit of Bling denuncia il tema dell’estrazione indiscriminata di materie prime, facendo riflettere su una problematica che caratterizza molti dei paesi del continente africano e non solo e sui complessi legami di interdipendenza che connettono i mercati globali così come quelli ch...2023-06-2109 min
1-54 Forum1-54 Forum London 2022 | Ageing Ruins…: A Listening Session with Otobong Nkanga and a response by Dr. O.Ageing Ruins…: A Listening Session with Otobong Nkanga and a response by Dr. O.Otobong Nkanga, one of the leading artistic voices of her generation, returns to FORUM to present four tracks from her forthcoming vinyl record release, developed from her award-winning installation, ‘Ageing Ruins Dreaming Only to Recall the Hard Chisel from the Past,’ at Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE, commissioned as part of Sharjah Biennial 14. Here, audiences are invited to an intimate evocation that explores the use of the artist’s voice within her practice, proffering possibilities and questions about the multiple forms of imagination that can be co...2022-11-0151 min
Listening with ArtistsEpisode 4 Listening with Otobong Nkanga and Omar KholeifLonging and Belonging with Otobong Nkanga Regarded globally as one of the most important contemporary artists of our time, Nigerian-born, Antwerp-based artist, Otobong Nkanga invites listeners into her studio after a long day's work. Here, the artist describes rarely known aspects of her artistic biography, specifically, the love and longing found in the songs she sings, and the ones she listens to. Enter into her aural sphere before the mic drops.2022-10-1357 min
Vorarlberg LIVEVorarlberg LIVE am 04. Mai 2022Biennale, Siebenkampf und Neues aus Lauterach
Moderation: Gerold Riedmann
Thomas D. Trummer, Direktor Kunsthaus Bregenz
Das Kunsthaus Bregenz feiert sein 25-jähriges Jubiläum während der 59. Kunstbiennale in Venedig. Bis zum 4. Juli stellen die Künstlerinnen Otobong Nkanga und Anna Boghiguian ihre Kunst im Scuola di San Pasquale aus. In Bregenz, wie auch in Venedig bespielen die Künstlerinnen das ganze Gebäude. Anna Boghiguians Werk "The Chess Game" wird in erweiterter Form im Spätherbst auch im Kunsthaus Bregenz zu sehen sein. Über die Kunstbiennale und die Bedeutung der Kunst dieser Tage redet Gerold R...2022-05-0440 min
Promise No Promises!GOING TO THE LIMITS OF YOUR LONGING. CareIn the episode Care the antwerp-based multidisciplinary artist Otobong Nkanga, focuses on the irrelation between environment, architecture and history. She uses the notion of land as a geological and discursive formation, often taking as her starting point the systems and procedures by which raw materials are locally dug up, technologically processed and globally circulated. From there she follows the threads that intertwine ores, material culture and the construction of desire with the redistribution of power and knowledge.The episode Care is part of the series Going to the Limits of Your Longing, Research as Another Name for...2022-01-1834 min
Decolonization in Action PodcastS4E11: Putting Black Radical Theory into PracticeDuring this final episode of the season, Edna Bonhomme spoke with Zoé Samudzi.This is Edna's last episode with the podcast after which Edna will continue to focus more on writing essays and books. You can get updates about Edna's work from www.ednabonhomme.com, Twitter @jacobinoire, or Substack Newsletter Mobile Fragments https://ednabonhomme.substack.com/Zoé Samudzi is a writer whose work has appeared in The New Inquiry, Verso, The New Republic, Daily Beast, Art in America, Hyperallergic, and other outlets. She is a contributing writer at Jewish Currents. Along with William C. Anderson, she is the co-author of As...2021-12-2746 min
Kunst CentraalDe botanische revolutie | Aflevering 5: Revolutionaire bloemenIn deze laatste aflevering van de podcast De botanische revolutie gaan Heske ten Cate (artistiek directeur Nest) en Laurie Cluitmans (curator Centraal Museum) onder leiding van Yuki Kho (cultuurjournalist) in gesprek over revolutionaire bloemen. Het gesprek richt zich op het vijfde hoofdstuk van het tentoonstellingsproject De botanische revolutie: de tentoonstelling Is it possible to be a revolutionary and like flowers?, tot en met 19 december 2021 te zien in Nest Den Haag. In de aflevering draagt Dean Bowen een gedicht voor dat geïnspireerd is op de tentoonstelling.
Bij deze podcast is een transcript beschikbaar. Klik hier om naar h...2021-12-1025 min
I Hope This Message Finds You WellI Hope This Message Finds You Well, Clare ButcherI Hope This Message Finds You Well is a podcast on curating hosted by Kris Dittel and Eloise Sweetman.
In this episode we talk to curator and educator Clare Butcher. With Clare’s enthusiasm to discuss curatorial methodologies, we kick off our conversation by talking about her professional trajectory and early interest in a critical exploration of archival practices. We talk about institutional hierarchies, learning curves and the importance of collectivity and context-sensitivity. Clare also shared with us why she stopped making exhibitions and found her interest in the field of education and mediation, and the tension that can arise be...2021-12-0347 min1-54 Forum1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Walk Towards the Future (French)1-54 Forum London 202114 - 17 OctoberThe Walk Towards the Future (French)This open-ended conversation explores the concept of artist as philanthropist; the artist as the maker and progenitor of institutions, and the diverse ways that they approach this aspect of their practice. Is institutionalism a form of artistic practice? Or rather, is it a by-product of a hollowed vacuum that requires re-imagining, regenerating? How do these engines fuel a vision for a collective future? How do we sustain them and enliven them with the potential tools required to sustain their existence? Dr. Omar...2021-10-171h 091-54 Forum1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Walk Towards the Future1-54 Forum London 202114 - 17 OctoberThe Walk Towards the Future (English)This open-ended conversation explores the concept of artist as philanthropist; the artist as the maker and progenitor of institutions, and the diverse ways that they approach this aspect of their practice. Is institutionalism a form of artistic practice? Or rather, is it a by-product of a hollowed vacuum that requires re-imagining, regenerating? How do these engines fuel a vision for a collective future? How do we sustain them and enliven them with the potential tools required to sustain their existence? Dr. Omar Kh...2021-10-171h 091-54 Forum1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Poetry Salon: On Fragile Ground1-54 Forum London 202114 - 17 October The Poetry Salon: On Fragile Ground In this curated poetry salon, five artists-writers present a collective dreamscape. Newly commissioned pieces of lyric, poem and song exploring themes of environmental justice will converge in myriad life-like forms—the drift resuscitated. Join Anaïs Duplan, Lubaina Himid CBE RA, Isaiah A. Hines, Dr. Omar Kholeif and Otobong Nkanga.www.1-54.com2021-10-161h 34
Art Meets A PodcastThose who whisper to the earth on our mortal behalf with poetry and performance. The art and ecology of Precious Okoyomon & Otobong Nkanga.Precious Mhone and Pyda.
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2021-07-2322 min
Beaux-Arts de ParisPenser le Présent avec Cécile DebrayCécile Debray est conservatrice générale du patrimoine, directrice du musée national de l’Orangerie, depuis juin 2017. Elle a été en charge des collections modernes au Musée national d’Art moderne / Centre Pompidou de 2008 à 2017, conseillère scientifique auprès de l’Administrateur général de la RMN, chargée de la programmation des Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, de 2005 à 2008, conservatrice au Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris de 2000 à 2005.
Historienne d’art, elle enseigne à l’Ecole du Louvre et publie sur les avant-gardes historiques et sur la peinture moderne et contemporaine. Elle a réce...2021-02-2255 min
MaJor Musings1.4 Otobong NkangaIn this episode, Jordan discusses Otobong Nkanga's art practice with Maria and the listeners. The conversation focuses on the work "Tsumeb Fragments" as well as the broader themes Nkanga investigates such as deep time, Extractivism, the legacy of colonialism, and memory.2020-12-2839 min
De TussenruimteDe DingenGodelieve probeert vanuit een wat minder gebruikelijk oogpunt te kijken naar de economie. Ze gaat op zoek naar de stem van de technologie, van de producten die we maken en de grondstoffen die we gebruiken. Kunnen we een relatie met hen aangaan, van hen leren, met hen samenwerken. En hoe zou daardoor de economie veranderen? Met Marc Hakvoort (Hak4t Groep), Sebastiaan Kramer (Hul Le Kes) en kunstenaar Otobong Nkanga2020-12-1225 min
NkataEP04: “My mother told me: I have dreamt of you in colours” with Otobong NkangaOtobong Nkanga (b. 1974, Kano, Nigeria) is a visual and performance artist whose artistic practice spans almost two decades. She began her studies at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria and continued at the National Fine Arts School of Paris. She obtained a Masters degree in performing arts from DasArts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 2008....2019-12-201h 56
NKATA: Art and ProcessesEP04: "My mother said to me: I have dreamt of you in colours" Nkata with Otobong NkangaSend us a textOtobong Nkanga (b. 1974, Kano, Nigeria) is a visual and performance artist whose artistic practice spans almost two decades. She began her studies at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria and continued at the National Fine Arts School of Paris. She obtained a Masters degree in performing arts from DasArts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 2008. Ever since she has exhibited and published her work in various platforms and institutions numerous to expound here. Otobong’s drawings, sculptures, photographs and how they become integral to a performative constellation examines the value of natural resources as...2019-12-201h 56
Arts & IdeasConsentKate Maltby, Lucy Powell, Zoe Strimpel join Shahidha Bari. Virtue Rewarded is the subtitle of Samuel Richardson's 1740 novel Pamela, which began as a conduct book before he turned it into the new literary form of the novel. Playwright Martin Crimp has taken this book as the inspiration for his latest work When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other. Shahidha Bari & guests debate consent then and now + news of the £40,000 Artes Mundi 8 Prize which is awarded tonight in Cardiff.The Artes Mundi 8 shortlisted artists are Anna Boghiguian (Canada/Egypt); Bouchra Khalili (Morocco/France); Otobong Nkanga (Nigeria/Belgium); Trevor P...2019-01-2446 min
Modern Art Notes PodcastWhistler's Mother, Otobong NkangaAuthor Daniel E. Sutherland, artist Otobong Nkanga.2018-05-101h 11
Fresh Art InternationalSounds of documenta 14We explore sounds of the international art exhibition documenta 14 in Kassel, Germany, extends its reach to Athens, Greece. This program is the latest in the series we’ve been curating from field recordings captured on our recent expedition to Europe and Scandinavia.
Featuring violinist Ali Moraly and artists Emeka Ogboh, Rasheed Araeen, Rick Lowe, Joar Nango, Otobong Nkanga, and William Pope.L.2017-09-021h 02
Fresh Art InternationalSounds of Documenta 14Today, we explore the sounds of the international contemporary art exhibition documenta 14, in Athens, Greece, and Kassel, Germany.
Featuring violinist Ali Moraly performing at opening ceremonies and projects by Nigerian Emeka Ogboh, Pakistani Rasheed Araeen, Norwegian Joar Nango, American Rick Lowe, Nigerian Otobong Nkanga and American William Pope.L.2017-08-3040 min
Fresh Art InternationalSounds of Documenta 14Today, we explore the sounds of the international contemporary art exhibition documenta 14, in Athens, Greece, and Kassel, Germany.
Featuring violinist Ali Moraly performing at opening ceremonies and projects by Nigerian Emeka Ogboh, Pakistani Rasheed Araeen, Norwegian Joar Nango, American Rick Lowe, Nigerian Otobong Nkanga and American William Pope.L.
2017-08-3040 min1-54 Forum1-54 Forum London 2013 | Artist Talk: Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Otobong Nkanga1-54 Forum London16 - 20 October 2013Artist TalkHans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Otobong Nkanga. www.1-54.com2013-10-1754 min