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Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation
Lagos, Nigera
Dates TBA
submitted by: Innocent Ekejiuba and
Yinka Elujoba
Evolving from a road trip across Nigeria undertaken by a group of writers, photographers, and filmmakers in 2016 and 2017, this exhibition presents works that examine what it means to be Nigerian today. It will feature documentation of the road trip and timely works that respond to Nigeria’s political instability, ethnic crises, and colonized past.
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System Failure
San Francisco, United States
Dates TBA
submitted by: Harris Kornstein and
Cara Rose DeFabio
“Fail fast! Fail big! Fail often! Fail better!” These oft-quoted Silicon Valley mantras celebrate the high-octane risk-taking that is a hallmark of the tech world. But who gets to fail? This exhibition critiques ideologies of technological failure and tactically engages breakdown itself. Artists strategically build tools that are never meant to function properly, and push systems further than they were meant to go.
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Regimes of Truth
Bangalore, India
Dates TBA
submitted by:
Shaunak Mahbubani
As India’s right-wing fundamentalist party enters the final year of its term under the current Prime Minister, the time is ripe to reflect on the changes brought about by its leadership. Following public mob-lynchings and drastic environmental crimes, this exhibition questions the government’s present use of propaganda to claim and consolidate political control.
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Resisting Paradise
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dates TBA
submitted by:
Marina Reyes Franco
Drawing inspiration from Caribbean nations’ shared history—from invasion, to plantation, to resort economic development model—this project addresses tourism as a new means of colonization. Through transgression and appropriation, participating artists envision new paradigms of life in the region and its diaspora, by challenging preconceived notions of what it means to be Caribbean.
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