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Virtual Exhibition Tour: Distance and Diaspora

Saturday, December 19 | 2PM

Join FotoFest Executive Director, Steven Evans, and Associate Curator, Max Fields, for a virtual tour of Public Life: Distance and Diaspora, FotoFest’s public art exhibition that features works by Jamal Cyrus, Eric Gyamfi, Zina Saro-Wiwa, and Aida Silvestri.

Organized as an extension of the FotoFest Biennial exhibition, African Cosmologies, Public Life: Distance and Diaspora brings together artists who document and record geospecific traditions, cultures, communities, and sociopolitical issues to reveal the ways in which “the local” is linked to “the global.” Despite the broad range of topics and issues explored by the artists, when presented together, themes of social activism, visibility, and solidarity emerge, highlighting the interconnected nature of global African diaspora.
 

Image: Installation view of Jamal Cyrus, Nuwaubic Connections (detail), 2020. Collaged paper and glue. Commissioned by FotoFest, 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Inman Gallery.