Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design
Saturday, Mar 14, 201511:30 PM — Sunday, Sep 13, 201511:30 PMEDT
| Vitra Design Museum Weil am Rhein, Germany
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Omar Victor Diop, "Aminata", photograph from the series "The Studio of Vanities", 2013, © Victor Omar Diop, 2014, Courtesy Magnin-A Gallery, Paris
Making Africa A Continent of Contemporary Design 14.03.2015 – 13.09.2015 Vitra Design Museum It’s time to move on from talk of the »Dark Continent«. A major exhibition by the Vitra Design Museum in spring 2015 sheds new light on contemporary design in Africa. On the basis of a wide variety of examples, »Making Africa« shows how design is accompanying – and even promoting – economic and political change on the continent and engaging in a close dialogue with related disciplines, such as the fine arts, graphic design, illustration, film, photography, architecture and urban planning. A central role is played by the new media, which made this shift in perspective possible in the first place. »Making Africa« is developed together with the internationally renowned curator Okwui Enwezor and supported by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). The exhibition features the objects of Cheik Diallo, eyewear sculptures by Cyrus Kabiru, the photographs of Mário Macilau and Okhai Ojeikere, the architecture of Francis Kéré, the animation art of Robin Rhode and many other creations of designers from different disciplines. http://www.design-museum.de
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