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TROPICADELIC
07.09.23 - 17.12.23 La Ferme des Tilleuls, Renens, CH
La Ferme des Tilleuls is inaugurating Tropicadelic, an exhibition by Namsa Leuba, in the presence of the artist. Through an eclectic photographic practice, the Afro-descendant photographer has been questioning and deconstructing the Western gaze on African identities, and more recently, Polynesian identities, for over a decade.
In Tropicadelic, Namsa Leuba explores new mediums such as sculpture and weaving. Conceived as an immersive installation, showcasing the artist's various photographic series within a setting inspired by her extensive travels in Africa, Polynesia, and Europe, the exhibition provides a fantastical backdrop for the many creatures that inhabit Namsa Leuba's artistic universe – an imaginary "tropicadelic" paradise. This futuristic and fantastical tropical paradise, enriched with identity symbols, myths, and fetishes, challenges the ambiguities and ethnocentric nature of our representations.
Video 12:45 ©RTS
Photo credit: La Ferme des Tilleuls
Video animation: Ramonguilhem Boris
Sound: Bauchamp
Production for the Théâtre de Vidy, Lausanne, CH
STRANGER IN THE VILLAGE
03.09.23 – 07.01.24 Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, CH
Reflecting on Racism with James Baldwin
In his famous text Stranger in the Village, the US-American writer James Baldwin addressed the racism that informed his stay in Switzerland in the 1950s. Baldwin's words continue to inspire many artists to this day. They hold up a mirror to us as a society and have lost none of their relevance. The group exhibition explores belonging and exclusion through current works by local and international artists, raising questions that concern us all.
HIGH FIVE!
17.12.23 → 14.04.24
PRELUDE: A DECADE OF ART TWENTY ONE
Group Exhibition
11th of November, 2023 to 20th of January, 2024


