From the Cutting Room Floor: Otobong Nkanga
by Bridget Reilly O’Carroll
Our digital team pours over hours of footage when creating the videos for our exhibitions and events. But to tell a compelling narrative, a lot of material gets dropped on the proverbial cutting room floor. In the third installment of this behind-the-scenes blog series, we feature a few excerpts from an interview with Otobong Nkanga, the most recent artist to be featured in our Ascendant Artist series.
About the Video
Due to Otobong Nkanga's busy schedule, as well as our own, the only time we could interview her was as she installed Anamnesis—a huge installation within a wall that is filled with fragrant materials like coffee, chocolate, and peat. As she led us through her works, we asked about her choices of materials, the roles body and biography play in her work, and her visual aesthetic, among many other questions.
Two clips we couldn't fit into the larger narrative of the video, but are quite attached to, provide insight into Otobong's practice and how she sees the world. The first is a lovely glimpse into the artist's personality as she digs into her materials for Anamnesis; the second is o
Otobong Nkanga (NG/BE)
Born , Kano, Nigeria
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium
Otobong Nkanga’s drawings, installations, photographs, sculptures and performances examine the social and topographical relationship with our everyday environment. By exploring the notion of land as a place of non-belonging, Nkanga provides an alternative meaning to the social ideas of identity. Paradoxically, she brings to light the memories and historical impacts provoked by humans and nature. She lays out the inherent complexities of resources like soil and earth and their potential values in order to provoke narratives and stories connected to land.
Employing sculpture, drawing and performance, but also writing, publishing and pedagogical formats, Nkanga looks at the notion of ‘land’ as a geological and discursive formation, often taking as her starting point the systems and procedures by which raw materials are locally dug up, technologically processed and globally circulated. From there she follows the threads that intertwine ores, material culture and the construction of desire with the redistribution of power and knowledge.
Nkanga raises question
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Who Is Barack Obama?
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the first Black commander-in-chief. He served two terms, from until The son of parents from Kenya and Kansas, Obama was born and raised in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. After serving on the Illinois State Senate, he was elected a U.S. senator representing Illinois in In , Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He and his wife, Michelle Obama, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Barack Hussein Obama II
BORN: August 4,
BIRTHPLACE: Honolulu, Hawaii
SPOUSE: Michelle Obama (present)
CHILDREN: Malia and Sasha
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Leo
Early Life and Family
Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, , in Honolulu to Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham. He has six half-siblings, including half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng who he grew up with.
Obama’s Parents
Obama’s father, Barack Obama Sr., was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Obama Sr. grew up herding goats in Africa and eventually earned a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and pursue
Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the US from to Obama passed several bills, which sought to extend welfare support and help the economy to recover from the Financial and Economic Crisis of His primary legislation included health care reform (Protection and Affordable Care Act), and The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of Obama also approved a major bailout of the automobile industry. In Foreign Policy, Obama sought to end the war in Iraq, though he committed military support to combat the growing presence of IS in Iraq and Syria. Obama also signed up to the Paris Climate Change Agreement. Despite a fractious political system, Obama was noted for retaining a dignified and calm demeanour, seeking to unite the country in the face of divisive issues. He is widely regarded as a charismatic speaker &#; frequently speaking on the ideals of hope and optimism.
Barack Obama was born 4 Aug in Hawaii. His father was a Kenyan intellectual and his mother a white teenager from Kansas. When Barack was still young, his father abandoned the family and Barack would only meet his father on a few future occasions. After a brief spell living in Indonesia, he moved back to Hawaii wh
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