Rencontres De Bamako 2024
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Opens16 Nov 2024
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Ends16 Jan 2025
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Founded1994
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Founded in 1994, the Bamako Encounters is the first and largest African Photography Biennial. Over three decades and 14 editions, it has grown into a key event in the global contemporary art scene, spotlighting African photography and video.
Overview
A platform for discovery, exchange and visibility, the Biennale is a major and essential place for the revelation of African photographers and those from the diaspora, a time for exchange and sharing with the Malian public and professionals from around the world.
The curatorial team is thrilled to announce the selection of 30 artists for La Panafricaine, the group exhibition of the 14th Bamako Biennale. The high number of received from around the world reflects the creative energy of African photography and reinforces the Bamako Encounters' reputation as a leading event in both African and global photography.
The 14th edition of the festival, themed Kuma, the Word, explores the connection between language and photography. This year's focus encourages artists to explore the synergy between words and images, examining moments of expression like eloquence, anger, hope, and silence. The biennial aims to bring these moments to life by blending verbal and visual storytelling, challenging artists to experiment with how words in all their forms—spoken, written, sung, or rapped—can coexist and resonate within the photographic medium.
Exhibited artists are Victor Adewale (Nigeria), Bernard Akoi-Jackson (Ghana), Héla Ammar (Tunisia), Nabil Boutros (Egypt), Cédrick-Isham Calvados (Guadeloupe), Caroline Déodat (France/Ile Maurice), Jeannette Ehlers (Danemark/Trinité-et-Tobago), Willow Evann (France/Côte d'Ivoire), Mounir Fatmi (Maroc), Ismaël Mahamoudou Laouli Illa (Niger), Arnold Tagne Fokam (Cameroon), Zara Julius (Afrique du Sud), Massow Ka (Sénégal), Kevin Kabambi (R. D. Congo), Seyba Keita (Mali), John Kalapo (Mali), M'hammed Kilito (Maroc), Cynthia R. Matonhodze (Zimbabwe), Primo Mauridi (R.D. Congo), Mariam Niaré (Mali), Osakpolor Omoregie (Nigeria), Amine Oulmakki (Maroc), Marc Posso (Gabon), Arilala Ophélia Ralamboson (Madagascar), Nuno Silas (Mozambique), Kanni Sissoko (Mali) et Yvon Ngassam (Cameroun), Maheder Haileselassie Tadese (Ethiopia), Dior Thiam (Allemagne/Sénégal), Sethembiso Zulu (Afrique du Sud).
