Otobong Nkanga (Bilingual Ed.) Of Cords Curling Around Mount

奥托邦·恩坎加

●产品信息——

出版商 : SKIRA (2023年11月18日)

语言：英语

ISBN-10 : 8857247562

ISBN-13 : 978-8857247564

重量 : 200 克

尺寸 : 9.4x7.4x4.7 厘米

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

●内容简介——

奥托邦-恩坎加（Otobong Nkanga，1974 年生于尼日利亚卡诺，现生活和工作于比利时安特卫普）是国际上重要的非洲裔当代艺术家之一，她从殖民主义历史以及由此产生的不平等和对社会结构的影响的角度出发，解决了与生态危机和环境、资源开发和可持续性相关的紧迫问题。

在她的作品中，奥托邦-恩坎加通过多学科方法和表现性语言的使用，如雕塑、挂毯、绘画、视频、摄影、参与性项目和表演，在与地域的复杂关系网络中探索自然痕迹和人类的社会与文化层面。她的作品涉及与生态危机和环境、资源开发和可持续性相关的紧迫问题，探索殖民主义的故事和物质艺术的新形式。

这本专著重点介绍了一个新项目，即为城堡三楼五个房间（约 750 平方米）设计的特定场地装置。装置包括两块不规则形状的大地毯，其灵感来自石英和孔雀石等矿物，这些矿物自古以来就具有治疗功效。手工编织的长绳从每块地毯上延伸出来，横穿整个展览空间。绳索上捆绑着许多有机和手工制作的物品和元素，为参观者提供了一种关系环境体验，参观者可以从特定物品所蕴含的治疗和益处中获益，成为新故事的共同创作者，进而重新设计空间。

Published on the occasion of the solo exhibition devoted to Otobong Nkanga(Kano, Nigeria, 1974; lives and works in Antwerpen, Belgium), among the most important international contemporary artists of African origin who tackles urgent issues related to the ecological crisis and the environment, the exploitation of resources and sustainability, from a point of view that takes into account the history of colonialism with the consequent inequalities and repercussions on the social fabric.

Through a multidisciplinary approach and the use of expressive languages, such as sculpture, tapestry, drawing, video, photography, participatory projects and performances, in her works Otobong Nkanga explores the natural traces and the social and cultural dimensions of the human being, in a network complex of relations with the territory. Her works address urgent issues related to the ecological crisis and the environment, the exploitation of resources and sustainability, exploring the stories of colonialism and new forms of material art.

The monograph focuses on a new project, a site-specific installation designed for the five rooms of the third floor of the Castello (approximately 750 square meters). The installation includes two large carpets with irregular shapes inspired by minerals such as quartz and malachite, whose healing properties have been known since ancient times. Long hand-woven ropes branch off from each carpet, crossing the exhibition space. A number of objects and elements, both organic and handcrafted, are tied to the ropes, offering the experience of a relational environment, in which visitors can benefit from the healing and beneficial properties contained in the specific objects, becoming co-authors of new stories who in turn redesign the space.