Abstract
Institutionalism, Public Sphere, and Artistic Agency: A Conversation on 32° East Ugandan Art Trust
Highlights
In 2003, Koyo Kouoh (2013, p. 17) posed the following question: “How is Africa, after fifty years of independence, really determining its artistic landscape?” This issue arises as a central concern in order to confront some of the most decisive elements in play in contemporary African art
The complexities derived from operating simultaneously at different levels, as well as from dealing with agencies and agendas that in some cases have no previous exposure to contemporary art, force us to reconsider the terms under which infrastructural activist projects (Smith, 2012, p. 251) are critically framed
The Trust documents the experiments produced in relation to it, including those that took place in public locations. This is made evident both by the center’s library, the only one in the city focusing on contemporary African art, and by the 32 East space itself, where many of the artworks developed by artists in residency are kept and integrated into the organization’s grounds
Summary
In 2003, Koyo Kouoh (2013, p. 17) posed the following question: “How is Africa, after fifty years of independence, really determining its artistic landscape?” This issue arises as a central concern in order to confront some of the most decisive elements in play in contemporary African art. INSTITUTIONALISM, PUBLIC SPHERE, AND ARTISTIC AGENCY: A CONVERSATION ON 32 EAST UGANDAN ART TRUST
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