Redefining culture from the peripheries
OtherNetwork is pleased to kick off a new season of productions for 2024, starting with a series of events initiated by the OtherNetwork research team in collaboration with independent project spaces located around the world.
Johannesburg & Nairobi: October 10–11
Co-conspirators: Solidarity in Practice (online). Conversations exploring mutual support among artistic collectives from Southern and Eastern Africa, initiated by Samantha Modisenyane.
Casa do Povo, São Paulo: October 26–November 16
Arquivo Queer Br. An exhibition of archival works and series of activations centred around queer Brazilian histories, initiated by Matheus dos Reis.
Compound House Gallery, Kumasi: November 9–23
Digital Dreams: Analog Hearts. An exhibition by Akwasi Bediako Afrane, initiated by Abraham Tettey.
Oficinas Meteoro, Santiago: November 9
Voy y Vuelvo. The culmination of a travelling exhibition by Instituto Telearte through the Atacama Desert, initiated by Camila Alegría.
Casa Tres Patios, Medellín: November 18
Urban Pulsations. A conversation on art and urban transformation across Colombia, initiated by Camilo Quiroga.
OtherNetwork exhibition
OtherNetwork continues its flagship curatorial project in the form of a relay. Following on from Delay and Encounter and/or Other Proximate Unknowns guest curated by NGO (Nothing Gets Organised) at Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana in 2023, NGO have invited renowned Brazilian art space Pivô to exhibit in their home city of Johannesburg. The culmination of their collaboration, Dim Corners runs from November 16 until December 15, 2024. Next year, the exhibition will continue to Pivô’s satellite space at Casa do Boulevard in Salvador for a collaboration with Puerto Rican initiative Beta Local.
“Navigating Friction”
For galleries, art spaces and other cultural venues, the very idea of what ‘independence’ means can be a source of tension. In OtherNetwork’s latest editorial series “Navigating Friction”, Carolina Cerón examines the parasitic nature of art spaces in Bogotá from the 1950s to the present day, W’AHU Magazine spoke to Drama Queens Ghana about the difficulties in securing venues for art-based queer activism in Accra, and Kim Gurney looks at the legacy of Netsa Art Village in Addis Ababa before it was forced by the government to shut down in 2014. Paris-based design studio F451 write about their non-extractive approach to data visualisation for OtherNetwork, Jack Self examines accumulation of cultural capital in London, and Bianca A. Manu looks at the necessity for collaborative networks built around mutual support. You can read the full series here.
OtherNetwork Conversations
OtherNetwork Conversations is a podcast series that highlights some of the cultural projects reshaping the art world today. In the most recent episodes, OtherNetwork visited Galería CIMA in Santiago to discuss the pivotal role their space played during the social unrest that swept through the city in October 2019, and travelled to FCA-Ghana in Accra to discuss their collaboration and mutual appreciation of W.E.B. Du Bois with Sinethemba Twalo of Nothing Gets Organised (Johannesburg).
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OtherNetwork is a project initiated by ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen together with Cookies, with additional project support from Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie and Between Bridges. OtherNetwork team includes Federico Martelli, Colin Keays, F451 Studio (Domitille Debret & Quentin Creuzet), Samantha Modisenyane, Abraham Tettey, Camila Alegría, Matheus dos Reis and Camilo Quiroga.
