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𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞/𝐇𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐊𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐞: 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐢 // 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐡 // 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐲
Det glæder os at invitere til åbning af udstillingen Neither here nor there/Hverken her eller der mandag den 9. nov. kl. 16, hvor vi serverer en forfriskning og der vil være en uformel artist talk på engelsk med de tre kunstnere Ernest Sackitey, Bright Ackwerh, Sandro Masai og kurator Lise Grauenkær. Alle er meget velkomne.
- 𝐀̊𝐛𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝟗. 𝐧𝐨𝐯. 𝐤𝐥. 𝟏𝟔 - 𝟏𝟖
- 𝐔𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐞: 𝟗. 𝐧𝐨𝐯. - 𝟒. 𝐝𝐞𝐜. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
- 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝟏𝟎
Hverken her eller der samler tre kunstnere, der arbejder fra hver sit sted: Aalborg, Danmark og Accra og Tamale, Ghana. Gennem silketryk, satire og fotografiske tryk undersøger de, hvordan kunst kan være politisk: hvem der har adgang, hvem der bliver hørt, og hvad et sted tager med sig, når det forandrer sig.
𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐢 er født i Brasilien og bor og arbejder i Aalborg. Med afsæt i sin afrobrasilianske baggrund arbejder han med afrofuturisme, dekolonisering og spiritualitet, ofte som performance og installation. I Huset viser han en serie silketryk, der udspringer af hans action paintings og er tilegnet guderne i yoruba-traditionen. At give dem plads på en europæisk kunstscene er i sig selv et politisk udsagn.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐡 bor og arbejder i Kumasi med maleri, illustration og street art og er kendt for sin serie #abonsamcartoons. Hans skarpe samfundskommentar er inspireret af den ghanesiske kunstnerduo FOKN BOIS og den nigerianske musiker og aktivist Fela Kuti. I Huset spørger hans værker på "papir", hvad det vil sige at være kunstner fra Kumasi med en praksis, der afhænger af bevægelse, når kroppen, der skaber værkerne, ikke kan bevæge sig lige så frit som idéerne i dem. Med visumpapirer, kvitteringer og tomme passider som materiale følger han, hvordan grænser sorterer i, hvem der får lov at være til stede.
𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐲 bor og arbejder i Tamale i det nordlige Ghana. Han arbejder med fotografi, dokumentation og fortælling, og til udstillingen spørger han: Hvad sker der med et sted, når dets forventede fremtid indfinder sig? I lagdelte cyanotypier, antotypier og fotografier af fabrikker, han gennem årene har dokumenteret i Ghana, sætter han Aalborgs forvandling fra industriby til kultur- og vidensby over for udviklingen derhjemme. Hvad vælger vi at beholde og bære med os, når kulturel erindring risikerer at forsvinde?
De tre mødte hinanden gennem Ghana Venskabs kunstprojekt The Art of Change, hvor de alle har været involveret i arbejdet med at skabe bedre betingelser for unge kunstnere i Ghana. Udstillingen udspringer af de relationer, der er vokset frem på tværs af lande og kunstneriske praksisser, og af det rum, der kan opstå mellem her og der.
// 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 //
Neither Here nor There
Sandro Masai // Bright Ackwerh // Ernest Ofori Sackitey
We are delighted to invite you to the opening of the exhibition Neither here nor there monday nov. 9 at 4 pm. Refreshments will be served and there will be an informal artist talk in english with the three artists Ernest Sackitey, Bright Ackwerh, Sandro Masai and curator Lise Grauenkær. Everyone is warmly welcome.
Neither Here nor There brings together three artists, each working from a different place: Aalborg, Accra and Tamale. Through screen prints, satire and photographic prints, they explore how art can be political: who has access, who gets heard, and what a place carries with it when it changes.
Sandro Masai was born in Brazil and lives and works in Aalborg. Drawing on his Afro-Brazilian background, he works with Afrofuturism, decolonisation and spirituality, often through performance and installation. At Huset he shows a series of screen prints that grew out of his action paintings and are dedicated to the gods of the Yoruba tradition. Giving them space on a European art scene is a political statement in itself.
Bright Ackwerh, from Accra, works with painting, illustration and street art and is known for his series #abonsamcartoons. His sharp social commentary is inspired by the Ghanaian artist duo FOKN BOIS and the Nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti. At Huset, his work on 'paper' asks what it means to be an artist from Kumasi whose practice depends on movement, when the body that makes the work is not as free to move as the ideas in it. Using visa paperwork, receipts, and empty passport pages as material, he traces how borders filter who gets to be present.
Ernest Ofori Sackitey lives and works in Tamale in northern Ghana. He works with photography, documentation and storytelling, and for this exhibition he asks: What happens to a place when its "supposed future" arrives? In layered cyanotypes, anthotypes and photographs of factories he has documented in Ghana over the years, he sets Aalborg's transformation from industrial city to city of culture and knowledge against developments at home. What do we choose to keep and carry with us when cultural memory is at risk of disappearing?
The three met through Ghana Venskab's art project The Art of Change, where they have all been involved in creating better conditions for young artists in Ghana. The exhibition grows out of the relationships that have formed across countries and artistic practices, and out of the space that can emerge between here and there.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐤æ𝐫
Lise Grauenkær is a curator and programme coordinator working across art, global relations and social change. For more than 20 years, she has worked with partnerships between Denmark and Ghana, increasingly bringing art into this practice through projects such as The Art of Change. Her curatorial approach is relational and collaborative, with a focus on creating spaces where artists, ideas and different perspectives can meet. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Curating at Aarhus University
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