Fotomuseum Winterthur (ed.)
February 2023, 96 pages, 53 colour illustrations, softcover, with dust jacket, 21 x 26,5 cm, Serie: Photographic Encounters, German/English
ISBN 978-3-85616-986-2
Adji Dieye - Aphasia
Artistic exploration of postcolonial representation and identity
New series entitled «Photographic Encounters» in collaboration with Fotomuseum Winterthur
Exhibition at Fotomuseum Winterthur: 25 February to 29 May 2023
The artistic practice of Italian-Senegalese artist Adji Dieye addresses the themes of postcolonialism and nation building. In her new video work Aphasia (speechlessness) which was produced in Dakar (Senegal), she uses an interplay of photographs, video and performance to examine the role of language in the formation of the Senegalese state. In doing so Dieye not only engages with alternative forms of knowledge production, she also delves into autobiographical connections. The publication contextualises the artist’s intermedial practice with texts from a photo-theoretical perspective contributed by Katrin Bauer, Olamiju Fajemisin and Frida Robles.
With the new biennial series entitled Photographic Encounters Fotomuseum Winterthur in collaboration with the publisher Christoph Merian Verlag is organising an exhibition and a publication with one photographer. The Photographic Encounters format was initiated by the Christoph Merian Foundation and enabled by the Geissmann Scholarship for Photography.
Kolonialität ist nicht vorbei, sie ist überall: in der Sprache, in den Archiven, die Einfluss auf unsere Wissensproduktion nehmen, die unseren Blick auf das Hier und Jetzt prägen. (Giulia Bernardi, WOZ, 9.3.2023)
Nur ausgewählte Ereignisse werden als gesellschafltich und historisch erachtet und für zukünftige Generationen dokumentiert. Dass das Archiv auf Französisch angelegt ist, wirft ausserdem Fragen auf: Aus welcher Perspektive wird erinnert? Und: Wer sollen eigentlich die Adressat:innen dieser Geschichte sein? (Giulia Bernardi,WOZ, 9.3.2023)