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Goethe-Institut Bangladesh hosted an artist talk titled ‘Geographies of Imagination’ by Olani Ewunnet from the SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin of Germany at its auditorium in the capital’s Dhanmondi area recently.
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.
In her introductory speech, Olani Ewunnet mentioned, “Geographies of Imagination, in its Berlin iteration, was SAVVY Contemporary’s first step towards this idea of dis-othering, towards the reimagining and dismantling of the cartographies of power inherent in the creation of the West and non-West. We are deeply honoured to join this year’s Dhaka Art Summit, to reflect with this constellation of perspectives on what dis-othering might mean in this context.”
During her talk, Olani Ewunnet discussed 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. Later, Olani Ewunnet took part in a Q&A session moderated by Ruxmini Choudhury, Assistant Curator of the Samdani Art Foundation, and answered various questions to the audience.
Diana Campbell Betancourt, Artistic Director, Samdani Art Foundation, in her concluding remark, thanked the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh for their support and said that their assistant curator Ruxmini was able to travel to Berlin and be inspired by the research and bold thinking of SAVVY contemporary. The event was organized by Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in association with the Samdani Art Foundation (SAF) and SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin.
Goethe-Institut Bangladesh hosted an artist talk titled ‘Geographies of Imagination’ by Olani Ewunnet from the SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin of Germany at its auditorium in the capital’s Dhanmondi area recently.
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.
In her introductory speech, Olani Ewunnet mentioned, “Geographies of Imagination, in its Berlin iteration, was SAVVY Contemporary’s first step towards this idea of dis-othering, towards the reimagining and dismantling of the cartographies of power inherent in the creation of the West and non-West. We are deeply honoured to join this year’s Dhaka Art Summit, to reflect with this constellation of perspectives on what dis-othering might mean in this context.”
During her talk, Olani Ewunnet discussed 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. Later, Olani Ewunnet took part in a Q&A session moderated by Ruxmini Choudhury, Assistant Curator of the Samdani Art Foundation, and answered various questions to the audience.
Diana Campbell Betancourt, Artistic Director, Samdani Art Foundation, in her concluding remark, thanked the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh for their support and said that their assistant curator Ruxmini was able to travel to Berlin and be inspired by the research and bold thinking of SAVVY contemporary. The event was organized by Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in association with the Samdani Art Foundation (SAF) and SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin.
