monochromatic nieuw dakota

Monochromatic, Ajrakh DNA pattern sequences & Nail Strings

The Monochromatic series will be shown in Nieuw Dakota together with Guzman’s Dukkha Series, in which an assemblage of geometric thread and photo sculptures with influences of Constructivism come together with the culture of the Congolese Diaspora in Panama. The installation at Nieuw Dakota shows us a fascinating universe in which cultural influences from all over the globe come together: the enigmatic anatomy drawings by Jean-Michel Basquiat meet geometrical textile prints from northern India, which merge with the ritual ‘cosmos drawings’ by Günther Uecker as well as the nail patterns in Congolese Nkisi figures.

Opening: October 15th, 4-6 pm
Exhibition: October 15 – November 19
Public Program: October 28: During the 24 hours Amsterdam Noord, the artists invite us to a 15 minute performance with a live barrel organ and visuals related to the installation.

Monochromatic Transillumination #1

Transillumination #1, developed with singer songwriter Aurora Adams.

This coming Saturday 28th of October as part of the elaborate research done for Project Monochromatic, I’ll be performing Transillumination #1, DNA sequences & Repetitive Compositions, developed with North American singer songwriter Aurora Adams.

This coming Saturday 28th of October as part of the elaborate research done for Project Monochromatic, I’ll be performing Transillumination #1, DNA sequences & Repetitive Compositions, developed with North American singer songwriter Aurora Adams.

Lectures and Talks at the Stedelijk Museum

Stedelijk Museum

Lectures and Talks at the Stedelijk Museum about the works of Remy Jungerman, Ulises Carrión, Otobong Nkanga’s and about MOMA’S 2009 show In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960–1976.

"I Am a Native Foreigner” is one of a series of exhibitions on the theme of migration staged by the Stedelijk in 2017 and 2018. As director Beatrix Ruf noted earlier this year: “It is important to always tell new stories, both with our collection and with separate exhibitions.”

Bozar - Latin American Cartographies

Curated by Antonio Jose Guzman

Art, Social Cohesion and Urban Landscapes
19 MAY ’17 — 15 AUGUST ’17

BOZAR/Centre for Fine Arts
Support: European Commission
Collaboration: Recyclart Fabrik, Zinneke, Atelier GF Workstation

Works by The Fire Theory, Bijari, La Ciudad Verde, EscueLab.org, LAALvaca, Método Salgari, Oscar Leone Moyano, Dália Rosenthal, Federico Martínez Montoya, Fernando Escobar, Charlotte Charbonnel, Deúniti, Goto, Mister Basurama, Cine de Plano, Guillermo Araujo, Maximiliano Nulchis Graffitti, Gris Perú, EPA!, minipimer.tv, Cartografías del Azar, Regina José Galindo, Humberto Vélez, Raquel van Haver.

Scientific Committee: Paul Dujardin, Mercedes Giovinazzo, Toni Cots (LAIC Project Coordinator), Sophie Lauwers and Conrado Uribe (LAIC expert)

“Bozar is a visual laboratory”

This exhibition is a visual laboratory. A journey into the realities of a vibrant continent through different points of view and mediums: from video to sounds or installations. Artists, cultural platforms and activists are today at the forefront of generating new perspectives around violence, learning, memory, resilience or mobility.

Urbanlab Medellin

LAIC: Cities in both Latin America and in Europe have become major global actors and strategic territories where tremendous social, political, economic, environmental and cultural changes are currently taking place. Exhibition: Latin American Cartographies BOZAR, Brussels,  May – July 2017 - Curator: Antonio Jose Guzman- Organizers – Founders: Bozar, Interarts, European Union