Hailing from Addis Ababa, Ethiopian artist Elias Sime is best known for his large-scale reliefs made from recycled consumer electronics. He creates expansive mosaics comprising keyboards, circuits, and wires, among other e-waste imported into his home country. Sime’s works serve as records of the global exchange of commodities, and the conceptual transformations of matter from…
Based between Cairo and London, Egyptian artist, Zeina Aref, traverses various mediums and processes to convey the nuances of cultural and social landscapes — often referencing and reimagining the traditions of her home country. Her education in Fashion Communication at Central Saint Martins helped shape her visually arresting work, which focuses on the exploration of…
Armenian filmmaker and screenwriter Sergei Parajanov’s films stand as some of the most uniquely styled works in the history of cinema, firmly establishing his place among the world’s most influential directors. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Parajanov pursued his filmic education from 1945 to 1952 at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, under the guidance…
Dineo Seshee Raisibe Bopape’s artistic practice explores manifold notions of memory, encompassing the individual and collective, the known and unknown. Working with commonplace and elemental materials like soil, bricks and timber, as well as found objects, archival imagery, video and sound, the artist creates complex and multisensory installations. Through her experimental work, she investigates remembering…
Hailing from Lagos, London-based multidisciplinary artist Ken Nwadiogbu recently graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Painting. On his canvases, stories are superimposed in manifold layers. Nwadiogbu explores weighty themes in unfettered colour, inviting us to address matters from Black representation and identity to displacement and socio-political control. Open now and…
Colombia has been home to many indigenous peoples and cultures since at least 12,000 BCE, with a long and rich tradition of craft and making. Today, following the impact of the Spanish in particular, the country is a true cultural melting pot. At the intersection of tradition, artistic innovation, and a hunger for self-expression, Colombia…
Following the unification of various Soninke tribes, in around 300 CE the Empire of Ghana took shape north west of what is now the country, traversing current-day Mauritania, Senegal and Mali. Dubbed the Gold Coast, European colonisers arrived in the region that forms modern Ghana from 1600 – and the transfer to the British occurred…
CTM Festival, renowned for championing boundary pushing music and art, has joined forces with the ICA, London to present a two-day event from 20–21 October 2023, marking the festival’s inaugural appearance in the UK as it approaches its 25th anniversary. Established in 1999 and deeply entrenched in the German capital’s rich music and art scenes,…