Graphic design instructor Sara Božanić completed Erasmus+ training in Dakar in November 2024. The visit to the Senegalese and wider African cultural, creative and artistic scene began with a reception at the residence Vives Voix – Villa Suspendue, organised by the City of Dakar, with an exhibition of six acclaimed African artists and collectives.
The visit was devoted to the Biennale of Contemporary African Art (Dak'Art) and the 58 artists and designers from Africa and the African diaspora selected by an international jury for Dakar 2024, showcasing artworks, sculpture, craft and design. For a better understanding of African design, personal meetings were arranged with renowned creators including Bibi Seck, Ousmane Mbaye, Zeneibe Ameur, Vincent Michéa, Maraz and Sigilo, facilitated by Vydia Tamby, cultural adviser to the City of Dakar.
One of the city's most important art centres is the recently founded SELEBE YOON, hosting residencies and exhibitions of emerging African artists. At Dakar City Hall the exhibition "Ruines" explored the city and its people in the 1960s and 1970s, revealing the city's rich archive to the public for the first time and contrasting with today's serious poverty, which affects about a third of Dakar's residents.
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Source: Academia (6. 1. 2025). Fotografije: arhiv Academie.
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