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4/10/2007

Image Art After

Tate Britain, London

Six artists are showing newly commissioned work as part of imagine art after, a contemporary art project devised in different stages and locations. Exploring insecurities triggered by the tension between migration and the social and geographical sense of the local, imagine art after brings together artists who left their home countries and now live in London with artists who stayed. The project began on Guardian Unlimited with online dialogues between pairs of artists from Afghanistan, Albania, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria and Serbia. The work on display was produced after the dialogues, either individually or jointly, in most cases showing the profound impact the process had on the participating artists.

The curatorial approach taken by imagine art after lead curator & creative producer Breda Beban expands on her independent filmmaking practice where, in the process from script to screen, each stage is a result of the previous stage. When translated into art project design, this enables the artists to collaborate with each other and the curatorial team in evaluating and articulating each stage, producing a non-static project where art works are not employed as illustrations of the authorship of the curator.

Addisalem Bizuwork
Placed within the Ethiopian Christian painting tradition, Bizuwork's recent works draw on her authentic urban way of life as well as the billboards and graffiti in contemporary Addis Ababa.

Estabrak
A two screen film about Estabrak coming out as lesbian within the context of her traditional Arab family.

Denis Hyka &
This collaborative project, performing a piece of detective work on the city of Tirana and Hyka’s emotions, explores the archaeology of memory and the social and psychological impact of the movement of people.

Muyiwa Osifuye
A series of diptychs about the role of traditional rulers within current governmental practices in Nigeria and Benin.

Senayt Samuel
A group of photographs and texts that are an attempt to regroup elements personal history through the process of taking photographs, as Samuel returns to Addis Ababa for the first time in ten years.

Image: ‘Muyiwa Osifuye, Kaabiyesi: Courts of Influence 2007 series of six diptychs C-type prints 127cm x 185.4cm

imagine art after is an ongoing project that continues after 2007 with a new edition

Breda Beban | curator & creative producer
Julia Farrington | producer, Index Arts
Nina Pearlman | curatorial team
Eline van der Vlist | curatorial team
Info: info@imagineartafter.net

Tate Britain
Millbank - London

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