English BHMF VI Edition OSTINATO PROGRAM

Thursday 25 February - 5pm
I've Known Rivers
Speakers_Jems Kokobi and Dia Papa Demba
Moderator_ Janine Gaelle Dieudji
Co-produced by_ MAD Murate Art District
I’ve Known Rivers draws its title from a line in a 1920 poem by
Langston Hughes that speaks of diaspora and lineage through the
metaphor of rivers. This project looks to the artist Jems Kokobi
reworking traditions and connecting his artistic practice to the
sustainability of the natural environment through the material of
wood and a response to deforestation’s impact on rivers, natural
processes that have since been industrialized and a reflection on
the reclaiming of the spiritual dimensions of this work. The artist,
engaged in Afrocentric meditations on history and the bridging of
the contemporary art world to activist tactics, is placed in dialogue
with a local representative of the trade unions around tanneries
connected to the Arno river and engaged in sustainability through
technological processes and the rights of workers. The conversation is
an interdisciplinary one placing practice and poetry side by side.
This event will be held in English on ZOOM. Please register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S2CzzRh3SdmNo_
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https://www.murateartdistrict.it/progetto-riva/
info.mad@muse.comune.fi.it