Who Said It Was Simple
dal 27/1/2014 al 28/3/2014
Segnalato da
27/1/2014
Who Said It Was Simple
Raw Material Company - Center for art, knowledge and society, Dakar
This exhibition marks the beginning of the year-long program titled Personal Liberties. A vast documentation including news clips, audio and video material as well as maps, texts and documents from various sources builds the content of the show.
Curated by Eva Barois De Caevel
This exhibition marks the beginning of the year-long program titled Personal Liberties. Who Said It Was Simple, the first act in a series of activities, is inspired by news media as a basis to question how sexual minorities and expressions in the margins are treated in Senegal and Africa today.
It is an open critical platform. A vast documentation including news clips, audio and video material as well as maps, texts and documents from various sources builds the content of the exhibition. In presenting this large research we want to discuss difference, minority and margins with an emphasis on sexuality and homophobia in news media and how this affects public opinion.
The exhibition also raises a more crucial question: how to promote human rights and provide the ground for respect and dignity when concepts of personal liberties are determined by a complex legacy as well as by contemporary forms of conditioning?
The title is borrowed from a poem by the African-American writer and activist Audre Lorde (1934–1992). The work of this important figure addresses discrimination, marginalization and sexuality through theoretical essays and poetry.
Press contact:
Marie Helene Pereira mariehelene@rawmaterialcompany.org
Opening: Tuesday 28 January, 6:30–8:30pm
RAW MATERIAL COMPANY center for art, knowledge and society
4074 bis Sicap Amitié 2 Dakar, Senegal
Hours: Tue – Sat 10 – 19