Opening - 11th October at 6:30 pm
During CASA Festival 2023, we will be showcasing works that delve into and address the complexities of diasporic experiences, and politics, and pursue a decolonisation view in the arts. The artworks fracture and question the narrative of the “main text”, looking to find new ways of expanding and naming the world.
How can we unveil and transform recurrent power dynamics and structures? How might we embrace alternative systems of knowledge in order to amplify marginalised experiences and previously silenced historical narratives? These “footnotes” have taken on a life of their own, ironically commenting on their own condition, adding texture to the world, and opening the door to its complexity.
Discover more about the Artists and Curator
Joiri Minaya – Joiri Minaya (1990) is a Dominican-United Statesian multidisciplinary artist whose recent works focus on destabilizing historic and contemporary representations of an imagined tropical identity.
Jose Garcia Oliva – José is a multidisciplinary, research-based artist born and raised in Venezuela and based in London. The foundation of his work is based on creating platforms and facilitating activities to explore the intricate connections between migrant labour, diasporic identity, and oppressive systemic structures. Through an emphasis on participatory processes, his approach ensures shared authorship, rerouting any generated profits back to the causes collaboratively addressed. José’s work draws inspiration from everyday objects, specific locations, and the people involved. The outcomes take the form of traces from participatory performances, ranging from large paintings and sculptures to video works.
Bryan Giuseppi Rodriguez Cambana – In my work, I pursue ‘community’ (within a spectrum of Blackness/indigeneity) as an active vessel for codes, narratives and characters. I imagine this community as a shifting/complex social landscape, in full rejection of a uniform imagining of what a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ community may be. Through video installation, performance and cinema, much of what I have been exploring has been the ‘theatre’ of interpreting, processing and tracing lived experience; as a strategy to decipher Afro-Diasporic histories.
Gabriela Román González - Art historian, curator, visual artist, and entrepreneur with a strong focus on experimental and live arts. She is also a champion and advocate for initiatives promoting social justice, gender equality, and diversity in the creative industries. Gabriela is the Founder and Director of Not The Owners and the social entrepreneurship Mentoras Creativas.