Nubuke Foundation will present woven fabrics, furniture and textile and multimedia artworks in this year’s Special Projects section in 1:54 London at Somerset House from 12 to 15 October 2023.
We showcase the remarkable craftmanship and innovation realised through design intervention workshops and artistic residencies between the Nubuke Foundation Centre for Textiles and Clay in Wa, creative individuals, professionals, researchers, Women’s Weaving Associations and the students from the Blind School in the Upper West region of Ghana.
Also showing will be the artworks of AFROSCOPE, Alice Raymond and Kwaku Opoku who reinterpret centuries-old indigenous knowledge; use digital technology to connect woven strips to music; translate and re-present climatic information through colour and motifs.
Visitors are invited to re-examine their perceptions and engagement with textiles and art.
For promotional images for the exhibition please see here.
Fair opens at 11:00am on Thursday 12 October and continues until Sunday, 15 October 2023.
Nubuke Foundation
Nubuke Foundation is a private visual art and cultural institution based in Accra, Ghana. Founded in 2006, it serves as a nexus for arts and culture across the country while supporting the artistic practice of emerging and established Ghanaian artists.
The foundation’s programming includes exhibitions, art talks, seminars, workshops and spaces for drama, poetry, music and film collaborations.
Nubuke Foundation is a member of the Arts Collaboratory Network.
Arts Collaboratory
Arts Collaboratory (AC) is a network of twenty-five diverse arts organisations in Asia, the
Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Europe. AC is a trans-local ecosystem, focusing on
art practices and processes of social change and working with communities within and
beyond the arts.
