Opening Weekend Digital Imaginaries
Africas in Production
Sat, November 17 – Sun, November 18, 2018
On the weekend following the opening of the research and exhibition project »Digital Imaginaries – Africas in Production«, a comprehensive supporting program will be offered at the ZKM.
In addition to discussions with artists from various African countries, there will be guided tours through the exhibition with the international curators and artists, as well as a coding workshop and a maker's brunch with representatives of maker spaces from Togo, Ghana, Senegal and local initiatives from Karlsruhe.
Program
Saturday, November 17, 2018
2 pm–4 pm
| Artist Talks featuring Younes Baba-Ali, Tegan Bristow, Mamadou Diallo, Oulimata Gueye, Francois Knoetze, Marion Louisgrand Sylla, Marcus Neustetter and Jamal Nxediana
| OpenHUB, Atrium 8+9 | |
4.30 pm–6 pm | Guided tour with curators and artists with Oulimata Gueye, Julien McHardy, Bettina Korintenberg, Philipp Ziegler and DK Osseo-Asare & Yasmine Abbas, Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP) as well as students students from the Department of Architecture, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Fanny Kranz, Department of Visual Art) | Meeting point: info point
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Sunday, November 18, 2018
| 11.30 am–1 pm
| Tangana: Maker’s brunch Presentation, coffee and snacks with the Woe Lab (Togo), Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (Ghana), Fablab »DEFKO AK NIĒP« (Senegal), Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct (South Africa), and local initiatives from Karlsruhe | OpenHUB, language: English/French |
| 2.30 pm–4.30 pm
| From Beadwork to Coding: Vernacular Algorithms Workshop A dynamic coding exploration for creative coders with Tegan Bristow (Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival, South Africa) | OpenHUB, register via workshop@zkm.de Bring your own laptop if possible! |
| 4 pm–5 pm
| Guided tour with the curators with Philipp Ziegler, Julien McHardy, Oulimata Gueye, and Bettina Korintenberg
| Meeting point: info point |
