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African Art Screen
Between the Large Tree and the Small One
Davis O. Nejo This installation deals with the symbiosis of art, nature and technology. The water stands for the origins of life, the source of energy and that which links all living creatures to one another. The withdrawal of water from the cycle of the river triggers a metamorphosis that symbolizes the archaic and the modern in new technology. At the same time, the projection of water refers to the transience of the creation of the new media in today’s rapidly changing times, since the water is flowing.
The interaction among several artists—including works by the Algerian video artist Ounouh (Jerusalem), the Senegalese artist Bouna Medoune Seye (Le Pied), the Nigerian artist Folake Shoga (Imperfect Windows), the Algerian artist Zoulika Bouabdellah (Avance Rapide) and by Cilia Sawadogo from Burkina Faso (La femme marieé à trois hommes)—on a new conceptual medium forms the basis of this fusion of art in public space.
The Water
Moataz Nasr Many faces are projected onto a puddle. The Image of those people is then broken by the step of an unknown person. The video is 4 minutes, 36 seconds long and it’s created for never-ending repetitions. It uses a pictorial technique to send a message without telling a story. The video was produced by Moataz Nasr in Cairo with rudimentary technical equipment.
Modernisme
Kandji This piece, which works with the techno-junk of our consumer and communications society, reminds those who view it that what ought to be of value in the modern world is harmonious development among human beings, and that even the most beautiful technological achievements are damned to an extremely short-term existence ...
Translated from the German by Mel Greenwald
African Art Screen Projects selected by Davis O. Nejo / Cross Cultural Communication, Vienna
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