Neither Here Nor There
Co-curated with Mmabatho Thobejani
Kulturhus Blå Stället, Angered, Gothenburg, Sweden. 2021.
Artists: Julie Nxadi, Francine Agbodjalou, Kim Demane, Badou Jobe, Fatima Moallim, Hadil Mohamed and Santiago Mostyn.
Inspired by the similarities and differences between black South African and Swedish experiences, Neither Here Nor There presents a selection of artistic practices that reflect these qualities. Neither Here nor There thinks with and through Simon Njami’s words about black popular culture being a place of commitment that among other things, crosses cultural borders and negotiates between dominant and subordinate positions.
The artistic practices presented here explore and affirm black artistic practice, not unlike black life, as inventive and as sites of experimentation. Being a coming together and combination of process, content, and form, the artistic practices presented here reflect and critique the world as we know it while leaving clues, providing portholes for a world otherwise.
Photography by Hendrik Zeitler
Kim Demåne: Mental Slavery /Mentalt slaveri , Site specific installation/ Platsspecifik installation
'Svensk som fan' (Swedish As Fuck), Digital illustration, 2018 by Hadil Mohamed and Francine Agbodjalou's 'Transfer Factor I' , (fabric, Resin, pigments, red palm oil), 2020
'Generations' mural by Kim Demåne's created for the exhibition and still stands at Blå Stället today.
