Go with the Flow: Our Library of the Future is in your Hands

9th January 2022The Library of the FutureCarved to Flow, documenta 14, Otobong NkangaMinus Plato

The chains are formed linking stubborn bubbles of isolated worlds will it stain or purge these aging cells – Otobong Nkanga ‘Future’

Of Her Exhibition: Where She Stood for Otobong Nkanga in St. Ives

20th November 2021The Library of the FutureOtobong Nkanga, Shielagh Finlay, Tate St. IvesMinus Plato

From where you stand, what is your position? How do you look at something? What is the story that comes out of what you’ve seen? – Otobong Nkanga Some books here hold stories about how they came to be in his library. For example, Otobong Nkanga: Luster and Lucre, Berlin: Portikus and Sternberg Press, 2017), […]

The Gilding of Echo

9th December 2020Uncategorized10th Berlin Biennale, 11th Berlin Biennale, Àbadakone, Beau Dick, Candice Hopkins, Carnegie International, Claire Tancons, documenta 14, Echo is Golden, Emeka Ogboh, Geta Brătescu, Huguette Caland, Irena Haiduk, Isuma Tv, Jace Clayton, Jane Bowles, Joe Biden, Journey Beyond the Arrow, Kamin Lerchaiprasert, Khadim Ali, Kidlat Tahimik, Koyo Kouoh, Leaving the Echo Chamber, Léuli Eshrāghi, Like Wind on Rushes, Look for me All Around You, Making New Time, Maria Papadimitriou, Mattin, Miriam Makaba, Mohau Modisakeng, Nairy Baghramian, Ningiukulu Teevee, NIRIN Sydney Biennale, Omar Kholeif, Otobong Nkanga, Peter Friedl, Pope. L, Postcommodity, Rebecca Belmore, Regina José Galindo, Rick Lowe, Sharjah Biennial 14, Social Dissonance, Toronto Biennial, Tracey Rose, Victoria Square Project, Vivian Suter, Whisper into a Hole, Whispering Campaign, Zoe ButtMinus Plato

After some delay, what says the public? It’s Joe’s time! So now, at long last, the smooth transition of a backwards flow towards normalcy softens the bite of an increasing viral death toll, trimming the long nails of Trumpism…for now. But in the meantime, what can art do for US? Either draw a line in […]

Empty Daybook – Otobong Nkanga on 17 April 2015

8th May 2019UncategorizedEmpty Daybook, Otobong NkangaMinus Plato

Mining development started on this site [Khan Copper mines, Namibia] 1908; photographed (sic) the remains April 17, 2015, at 16:33.

Echo is Golden (Sharjah Biennial 14 Remix)

12th March 2019Uncategorized31st Century Museum of Contemporary Spirit, Abel Rodríguez, Aboubakar Fofana, Adam Szymczyk, Adriana Bustos, Ahmad Fuad Osman, Akram Zaatari, Alaa Edris, Aline Baiana, Anawana Haloba, Andreas Angelidakis, Aristide Antonas, Banu Cennetoğlu, Beau Dick, Bili Bidjocka, Bouchra Khalili, Candice Breitz, Candice Hopkins, Cecilia Vicuña, Christopher Cozier, Claire Tancons, David Lamelas, documenta 14, Ebba Fransén Waldhör, Echo is Golden, Eisa Jocson, Emeka Ogboh, Geta Brătescu, GUDSKUL, HACKLANDER / HATAM, Hannah Black, Hiwa K, Huguette Caland, Ian Cheng, Irena Haiduk, Isabel Lewis, Isuma Tv, Jace Clayton, Jon Rafman, Julius Eastman, Kamin Lerchaiprasert, Khadim Ali, Kidlat Tahimik, Koyo Kuoh, Lala Rukh, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Leaving the Echo Chamber, Leo Asemota, Léuli Eshrāghi, Look for me All Around You, Making New Time, Maria Eichhorn, Maria Magdalena Campos Pons, Mark Salvatus, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Mattin, Michael Rakowitz, Mohamed Bourouissa, Mohau Modisakeng, Nairy Baghramian, Negros Tou Moria, Neil Leonard, Neo Muyanga, Nevin Aladağ, New Orleans Airlift, Nikolaus Gansterer, Omar Kholeif, Otobong Nkanga, Pauline Oliveros, Peter Friedl, Pope. L, Postcommodity, Rebecca Belmore, Regina José Galindo, Rick Lowe, Roger Bernat, rolando vazquez, ruangrupa, RURU Radio, Sharjah Biennial 14, Social Dissonance, Sophia Al-Maria, Soundwalk Collective, Susan Hiller, T. Shanaathanan, Terre Thaemlitz, Tracey Rose, Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn, Ulrik López, Wu Tsang, Yuko Hasegawa, Zoe ButtMinus Plato

While waiting at the Dubai International Airport after three whirlwind days at the opening of Sharjah Biennial 14 (hereafter SB14), I found myself idly looking back over my Instagram posts from the exhibition. Even though I had taken hundreds of photographs, videos and audio recordings of my experience at the exhibition, I had only shared […]