Talking About! brings six artists and cultural producers from Cameroon to the Netherlands: Ruth Belinga (artist, curator, Yaoundé), Goddy Leye (artist, founder of artist’s initiative Art Bakery, Douala), Hervé Youmbi (artist, member of the collective Cercle Kapsiki, Douala), Achillekà Komguen (artist, editor of newspaper Diartgonale, Yaoundé), Lionel Manga (writer, Douala), Achille Atina (cultural mediator, Douala).
The first week will involve visits to a number of Dutch art institutions and initiatives, providing our guests with an overview of the Dutch cultural scene. Interspersed within these visits will be several moments of discussion, open to the public or to an invited audience. These events will be held at: Rijksakademie Amsterdam, Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art Rotterdam, WORM Rotterdam, Stroom The Hague, Enough Room For Space Rotterdam, Attent Rotterdam, Het Wilde Weten and Foundation B.a.d. Rotterdam. (Details to follow shortly.)
For the second week, each guest will be introduced to a “host”, an institution or organization with whom they can work with a view to exchanging information and ideas. This placement is designed to give a framework to the visit and to facilitate possibilities for the dialogues that take place during Talking about! to continue after our guests have returned home. The hosts are the following initiatives/institutions: Het Wilde Weten Rotterdam, Foundation B.a.d. Rotterdam, FGA Magazine Rotterdam, iStrike Foundation Rotterdam, Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art Rotterdam, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven.