{"id":9748,"title":"Tracing Cheikh Anta Diop ","dimensions":"84 x 100 cm","date_begin":"2011-01-01","material":"digital print on aluminium foil mounted on dibond","art_status_id":48,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy Timmy Simoens","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":6,"permalink":"tracing-cheikh-anta-diop--3","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Vanessa Van Obberghen","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Photography","nl":"Fotografie","fr":"Photographie"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/021/978/large/VVO_11_30g.jpg?1396542521","poster_credits":"(c)Courtesy of the artist","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVanessa van Obberghen\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;(\u0026deg;1969, Seoul, Republic of Korea) uses different media to reflect upon matters such as perception, migration and integration. Her works are concerned with the role of the \u0026#39;document,\u0026#39; and the misunderstandings that arise when these come to be translated. Van Obberghen makes the glances and points-of-view themselves into the subject of her observations. In her oeuvre, the artist wishes to create space and time for viewers to call their own prejudices into question.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIn her research into Cheikh Anta Diop, one of the founders of Pan-Africanism, van Obberghen puts the emphasis on the various roles he fulfilled: scientist, philosopher, anthropologist, linguist and politician. With\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eTracing Cheikh Anta Diop\u003c/em\u003e, the artist translates her own personal vision of this documentary history into an image. Inspired by Cheikh Anta Diop\u0026#39;s fascination for genetics and DNA, she uses an Asiatic model to address stereotypical thinking with regards to Africa\u0026#39;s post-colonial history.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVanessa van Obberghen\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;(\u0026deg;1969, S\u0026eacute;oul, R\u0026eacute;publique de Cor\u0026eacute;e) utilise diff\u0026eacute;rents supports pour r\u0026eacute;fl\u0026eacute;chir \u0026agrave; des questions telles que la perception, la migration et l\u0026#39;int\u0026eacute;gration. Ses oeuvres se pr\u0026eacute;occupent du r\u0026ocirc;le du \u0026#39;document\u0026#39; et des malentendus qui naissent de sa traduction. Van Obberghen int\u0026egrave;gre les regards et les points de vue eux-m\u0026ecirc;mes au sujet de ses observations. Dans son oeuvre, l\u0026#39;artiste souhaite cr\u0026eacute;er un espace/temps pour que les spectateurs remettent en question leurs propres pr\u0026eacute;jug\u0026eacute;s.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDans sa recherche dans Cheikh Anta Diop, l\u0026#39;un des fondateurs du Pan-Africanisme, van Obberghen met l\u0026#39;accent sur les diff\u0026eacute;rents r\u0026ocirc;les qu\u0026#39;il a remplis : scientifique, philosophe, anthropologue, linguiste et politicien. Avec\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eTracing Cheikh Anta Diop\u003c/em\u003e, l\u0026#39;artiste traduit sa propre vision personnelle de cette histoire documentaire par une image. Inspir\u0026eacute;e par la fascination de Cheikh Anta Diop pour la g\u0026eacute;n\u0026eacute;tique et l\u0026#39;ADN, elle utilise un mannequin asiatique pour aborder la pens\u0026eacute;e st\u0026eacute;r\u0026eacute;otyp\u0026eacute;e concernant l\u0026#39;histoire post-coloniale africaine.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVanessa van Obberghen\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;(\u0026deg;1969, Seoul, Republik Korea) reflektiert anhand von verschiedenen Medien \u0026uuml;ber Perzeption, Migration und Integration. Ihre Arbeiten handeln von der Rolle des \u0026bdquo;Dokuments\u0026ldquo; und den Missverst\u0026auml;ndnissen, die bei seiner \u0026Uuml;bersetzung entstehen. Van Obberghen macht die Blicke und Gesichtspunkte selbst zum Thema ihrer Beobachtungen. Mit ihrer Arbeit m\u0026ouml;chte die K\u0026uuml;nstlerin Raum und Zeit f\u0026uuml;r die Beobachter kreieren, um ihre Vorurteile infrage zu stellen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIn ihren Untersuchungen \u0026uuml;ber Cheikh Anta Diop, einen der Gr\u0026uuml;nder des Panafrikanismus, stellt van Obberghen die verschiedenen Rollen, die er ausgef\u0026uuml;llt hat, in den Mittelpunkt: Wissenschaftler, Philosoph, Anthropologe, Linguist und Politiker. Mit\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eTracing Cheikh Anta Diop\u003c/em\u003e \u0026uuml;bersetzt die K\u0026uuml;nstlerin ihre eigene pers\u0026ouml;nliche Vision dieser dokumentarischen Geschichte in einem Bild. Inspiriert von Cheikh Anta Diops Faszination f\u0026uuml;r Genetik und DNA zeigt sie ein asiatisches Modell mit einem K\u0026ouml;rperbau, der eher als \u0026bdquo;typisch afrikanisch\u0026ldquo; gilt.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1438,"name":"Vanessa Van Obberghen","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}