An Artist Talk
Join Us for An Artist Talk with Olani Ewunnet from SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin.
In this talk, Olani Ewunnet will discuss her work with the art space SAVVY Contemporary, focusing on the ongoing research project Geographies of Imagination. An essential part of the project is a timeline on cartographic power, which was first rooted in SAVVY Contemporary’s locality in Berlin, the place that hosted the 1884 Congo Conference. For the Dhaka Art Summit 2020, this cartographic timeline will be further developed and activated, taking this time Dhaka itself as a starting and dialogical pivot from which to draw new lines and connections.
Olani Ewunnet is an urban designer, researcher, and sound artist living in Berlin. Her practice largely examines the inter and intra border signifiers of African sonics, urbanism and design typologies. Ewunnet currently works with Kéré Architecture / Kéré Foundation and is the founder of the Selamawi Project, a traditional instrument construction program in Addis Ababa. Ewunnet is the core researcher for Geographies of Imagination in both Berlin and Dhaka.
Following the Artist Talk an adda (informal discussion) will be moderated by Ruxmini.
This event is a project in collaboration between The Samdani Art Foundation (SAF), SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin), and Goethe-Institut Bangladesh.
Everyone is welcome to join. Please don't forget to bring your photo ID.
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