1-54 Forum

I felt like a Black guy from New York trapped in Peru

08 - 11 Oct 2020

Online

Part of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair London is once again accompanied by 1-54 Forum, the fair’s talk programme, this year engaging with productive networks of creatives of the African global diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This year’s 1-54 Forum takes place under the title I felt like a Black guy from New York trapped in Peru. Over three afternoons the talks will be engaging with creative Afro-Latin American, Caribbean and African perspectives.

1-54 Forum will be asking questions such as, why is it important to bring together and discuss shared histories and experiences as well as the differences? How can cultural production be generated around these issues? What impact has visibility, or rather invisibility, had on Afro-Latin American creatives and their work within their respective scenes? How have the art scenes in the Caribbean positioned themselves within the growing “hype” around their historical and recent artistic production?

This year, 1-54 Forum has been curated by Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba (Contemporary And (C&) and Contemporary And América Latina (C&AL)). Read the full curatorial statement here.

What's on

KEYNOTE: WHAT IS 'LATINX'?
Thu 08 Oct | 17.00 - 18.00 | Online

The term “Latinx” is an update of traditional labels such as “Hispanic” or “Latin” which emerged around the mid-twentieth century to describe Latin American migrant communities in the US. Aldeide Delgado talks about the implications and opportunities of the new expression.

REPRESENTATION BEYOND REPRESENTATION
Sat 10 Oct | 12.00 - 13.00 | Online

In this current moment that sees a rise of interest in Europe and North America towards Caribbean art scenes and art histories the panel asks questions around who is represented by who, where and how? What does this rising attention mean?

Speakers include Caryl Ivrisse Crochemar (Founding Director of espace d’art contemporain 14N 61W), Alberta Whittle (Artist), Rhea Storr and moderator Magnus Elias Rosengarten (Writer and artist)

MODES OF RESISTANCE
Sat 10 Oct | 14.00 - 15.00 | Online

What role does contemporary art play in moments like these that we live in? This panel invites artists and academics to discuss current urgencies and strategies in the context of the Brazilian art scenes.

Speakers include artist, educator and curator Rosana Paulino, dancer, independent curator, choreographer and anthropologist Luciane Ramos Silva, artist Enorê and moderater Raquel Villar-Pérez, Assistant Curator at Photoworks and researcher.

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
Sat 10 Oct | 16.00 - 17.00 | Online

What are the shared histories, narratives, and experiences between Afro-Latin America, The Caribbean and Africa? What are the differences that define the connections? How, if it all, does this affect cultural producers finding themselves in a creative state of flux?

Speakers include artist Koffi Mensah, Sepake Angiama, Artistic Director at the Institute for International Visual Arts (Iniva), artist Evan Ifekoya and moderators Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba, Founding Editors of C& and Contemporary And América Latina.

A VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THINGS
Sun 11 Oct | 14.00 - 15.00 | Online, in English and Spanish

Many of the inequalities inherited from slavery in Colombia still remain, having an impact on different levels of society. This panel brings together cultural producers from afro-Colombian perspectives to discuss the notions of inequality and invisibility in the context of Colombia’s creative/art sector.

Speakers include Ramiro Camelo, Curator at Myymälä2, artist Nicolás Vizcaíno Sánchez and moderater Will Furtado, artist, writer and deputy editor at C&.

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: IT'S COMPLICATED
Sun 11 Oct | 16.00 - 17.00 | Online, in English and Spanish

This webinar focusses on the profound distortions related to African legacy in Argentina, Mexico and Peru, which are still far from being part of a mainstream narrative. The session explores the historical, institutional and personal difficulties in examining African identity in Argentina, Mexico and Peru.

Speakers include artist Gaby Messina, photographer Koral Carballo, artist Entes and moderater and curator Gabriela Salgado. Interpretation to/from Spanish by Maria Barrera.