Otobong Nkanga work has been chosen by the curators Hans Ulrich Obrist and Klaus Biesenbach to participate in the Live Art exhibition 14 Rooms, which ran concurrently to this years Art Basel art fair in Basel (Switzerland). For this show, Otobong Nkanga conceived the work Diaspore, a performance that consists of one to three women always carrying the plant Cestrum Nocturnum, also known as Queen of the Night. In constant dialogue with the plant, these women navigate through a topographical map on the floor. In this video, Otobong Nkanga speaks with Mirjam Baitsch (Fondation Beyeler) about the idea behind her work.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 22:11:01 +0000
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