WHERE WE'RE AT! Other Voices on Gender

Abstract

WHERE WE’RE AT! Other Voices on Gender is an exhibitions developed for the Summer of Photography 2014 themed on gender relations at Bozar, Brussels, from 18 June – 31 August 2014.

The artists featured are Hélène Amouzou (Togo/Belgium), Rehema Chachage (Tanzania), Angèle Étoundi Essamba (Cameroon/Netherlands), Cecilia Ferreira (South Africa), Lisa Hilli (Papua New Guinea/Australia), Hélène Jayet (Mali/France), Katia Kameli (Algeria/France), Majida Khattari (Morocco/France), Shigeyuki Kihara (Samoa/New Zealand), Michèle Magéma (DRC/France), Ato Malinda (Kenya), Zanele Muholi (South Africa), Maud Sulter (Ghana/Scotland), Alberta Whittle (Barbados/South Africa) and Mwangi Hutter (Kenya/Germany).

Curated by Christine Eyene, this exhibition brings together more than 80 pieces comprising photographs and videos, as well as archival material from the Making Histories Visible project, dealing with the body, gender and sexuality, spanning from the 1980s up to our time. The works selected gives an insight of visual responses to gendered experiences as diverse as the artists individual concerns, practices and the geographical contexts from which they emerge, Africa, the Caribbean, Pacific Islands or today’s recomposed Diasporas.

The trilingual catalogue (English, French, Dutch) edited by Christine Eyene, with a foreword by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director, is published by SILVANA EDITORIALE and BOZAR BOOKS.

This exhibition was co-produced by BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts and The Royal Museum for Central Africa in partnership with the University of Central Lancashire.