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Menged Merkato (Excerpt): Stop motion animation using mixed mediums, 03'49" Acquisition: Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Based on Emanuel Admassu's Essay "Menged Merkato", an architectural analysis and historical journey of the largest open-air market in Africa, located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Markato was developed during the Italian occupation of Addis Ababa to segregate the markets of the locals and the newcomers. Unlike the earlier circular formation which centered the royal palace, Merkato was built on a grid which allowed for a dispersed flow facilitating dynamic interactions and exchanges. This video reflects this new identity's continuos resistance to change but also its resistance to stillness in the course of major political shifts. |
"Imagined Borders: Gwangju Biennale", Gwangju, South Korea
Exhibitions/ Screenings 2019: Special project installation presented by Pioneer Works, 1-54 Art Fair, New York, NY "YES", Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2018: "Imagined Borders: Gwangju Biennale", Gwangju, South Korea "Tales of Home", Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA 2017: "Video Box Festival", Le Carreau du Temple, Paris 2016: "Video Studio: Meeting Points", The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY "Prizm Art Fair", Miami, FL "Boda Boda Lounge", cross-continental video festival: Picha (Lubumbashi), "South of the Sahara: Accelerated Urbanism in Africa", Tel Aviv Museum of Art |
Photo by Timothy Schenck |
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