The transformative impact of technology on perception and knowledge. Interview to artist Sheung YIU

By Camilla Boemio The ‘Stateless Mind Pavilion’, at 16th Gwangju Biennale, brings together artists from Asia, Africa, Europe and South and North America, whose practices engage questions of movement, memory, identity, sound, ecology, technology, and collective knowledge. Rather than representing a nation, the Pavilion proposes another way of imagining international exchange—one grounded in relationships rather […]
An Unexpected Encounter: Stateless Mind. Neither Here nor There, but Everywhere. Interview to artist Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen

By Camilla Boemio Founded in 1995 in memory of spirits of civil uprising of the 1980 repression of the Gwangju Democratization Movement, the Gwangju Biennale is Asia’s oldest and most prestigious biennial of contemporary art. It honors the “Gwangju Spirit” by employing art as a vital medium to convey universal messages of democracy, human rights, […]
Traces of History. A conversation with Michele Mathison, the inaugural recipient of Tyburn Foundation’s La Foce Residency

By Camilla Boemio Several weeks ago I visited Tyburn Foundation with Verso Il Cielo permanent public commission in a relevant and poetic position of woods. Tyburn Foundation is a new foundation with a residency, open to African artists working across all media, beginning in early spring after the preview of Venice Biennale. During their time […]
The complexity of painting of Omolola Coker

By Camilla Boemio The curator Camilla Boemio speaks to the inaugural winner of Myma Art Prize Lagos-based batik artist Omolola Coker. The Myma Art Prize, is a new initiative established in honor of Dr. Myma Belo-Osagie, the renowned Nigerian lawyer, philanthropist, and collector, to support emerging artists from Nigeria and Ghana. The practice of Omolola Coker reflects her […]