Fuel to Fire(2023)
Carolina Caycedo
Fuel to Fire, 2023
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation.
Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 15, Calligraphy Square, Sharjah, 2023.
Talk Description
SB15 artists discuss the interconnected realities–past and present–of colonialism, extractive capitalism and neo-colonialism, in addition to their global ecological impact and the lived consequences on Indigenous societies. They interrogate how issues of sustainability, ecological justice and sovereignty emerge through an engagement with the troubled relationship between humans, land and the natural world.
Speakers
Carolina Caycedo – Artist
Remi Kuforiji – Artist
Moderator
Amy Niang – Associate Professor of Political Science, The Africa Institute
Registration
This discussion will be held at 7:00 pm Gulf Standard Time (GST).
This discussion will take place via Zoom and will be held in English.
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Caycedo, Carolina
Carolina Caycedo is a multidisciplinary artist known for her performances, videos, artist’s books, sculptures and installations that examine environmental and social issues. Her work contributes to the construction of environmental historical memory, as a fundamental element for non-repetition of violence against human and non-human entities.
Kuforiji, Remi
Remi Kuforiji is a spatial practitioner and interdisciplinary researcher whose creative practice explores the intersection of cartography, racial politics and coloniality.
Niang, Amy
Amy Niang is Associate Professor of Political Science at The Africa Institute, Sharjah. Her research interests are broadly centred around the history of state formation and sovereignty, Africa’s international relations and the history of geopolitics.