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Manifesta Biennial | Marcin Dudek’s ‘Giochi Senza Frontiere’ mirrors and shatters our past and present
“My generation, those born in the late ‘70s—I was born in 1979—is a generation of immigrants. I live in Bruxelles. In 2004, when Poland joined the European Union, borders opened ..
Manifesta12 Biennial | Ishion Hutchinson | Rethinking Ozio: on the Word as liberation from the Word
The Italian term ozio has multiple meanings. It is associated with idleness, leisure, sloth, contemplation, inactivity, indolence, inertia, fatigue, either triggered by nature, o..
Benin City | A unifying rainbow of music, spoken word and city life
As much as noisy, chaotic and increasingly gentrified, big cities all over the world are cauldrons of creativity, diversified bustling interlinked communities generating ideas, c..
Yenkyi Taxi | Crudo Volta & Hagan unveil contemporary Ghanaian music scene
Two years ago, they explored gqom sound and culture, touring Durban and its townships and shedding light on local producers in the film, Woza Taxi. This time, the Italian collect..
Salone del Mobile and SaloneSatellite | In conversation with Marva Griffin Wilshire, ‘La Mamma’ of Italian design
How many chances are there to coincidentally read an interesting article about an icon of Italian and international design you did not know about, save it to delve into her story..
Anaïs | A cross-cultural musical journey from Nina Simone to Senegal
The world got to know her through her amazing tune Nina and on March 13 she released her debut EP Before Zero. It’s easy to say that London-based singer and musician Anaïs is def..
Nan Kolé and ‘The Originators’ | In search of the origin of gqom
It’s Friday night, it is absolutely freezing, but the cold won’t kill the hype as I head towards North London. The Originators EP has finally come out, and I can’t wait to ventur..
Aïcha Snoussi | On deconstructing eroticism and sexuality through art
Art fairs are like theme parks for art lovers. You bounce from one attraction the next, gazing in awe, queuing, greeting, queuing to greet, filling your pockets with business..
Noura Tafeche on her transcultural dreamlike worlds
It’s late January, the weather in Milan is surprisingly warm. The Italian-Palestinian artist, Noura Tafeche, is sitting at the table surrounded by colored pencils and other tools..
Motherland ▷ Mélissa Laveaux | On Edmonia Lewis and Radio Sywèl
In this new episode of Motherland ▷ queer Haitian-Canadian singer-songwriter Mélissa Laveaux takes us on a journey into her musical world as she digs through her heritage and mus..