Curators of Indigo Waves and Other Stories talk us through this exhibition at Zeitz MOCAA that renavigates the Afrasian Seas and notions of diaspora.
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Curators Natasha Ginwala from Colombo, Sri Lanka and Michelangelo Corsaro in Berlin, Germany take us through the process to arrive at this exhibition that brings together different communities in Africa and Asia. The exhibition approaches the Indian Ocean as a communal horizon from which to read Afrasian (that is, belonging to both Africa and Asia) histories of forced and unforced movement through currents of mercantile and colonial empire.
Natasha Ginwala re-looks the Indian Ocean from centuries long history of exchange and connecting of multi-cultural spaces.
Michelangelo Corsaro focuses on the artists from Afroasian territories, and the diaspora, drawing connections between each other.
As Koyo Kouoh, Zeitz MOCAA Executive Director and Chief Curator observed: “It is only through the contributions of poets, artists, filmmakers and storytellers that we can reimagine ourselves in ways not dictated by dominant histories. We are showing that our voices and narratives carry the beauty of our entanglements and relationships over centuries, and now is the time that it takes centre stage.” This is what comes through clearly in the interview with Natasha Ginwala and Michaelangelo Corsaro. The third curator of Indigo Waves and Other Stories is Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung.
Indigo Waves and Other Stories takes you on an incredible journey!
WHAT: Curators of Indigo Waves on Sanlam Arts Round Up
WHERE: Indigo Waves and Other Stories, Zeitz MOCAA, Silo District, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town 8001
WHEN: 30 June 2022 to 29 January 2023 | Museum hours Tues to Sun 10 am to 6 pm.
INFO: Visit | See also Indigo Waves and Other Stories | PHOTO: Photographer – Akinbode Akinbiyi
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