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About us
The Yango Biennial is organized by Mutotu in collaboration with IFAA Global of theIFAA Platform, Thamgidi Foundation, collective K50 and Enda Mbele
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Curators note
I see the biennale as a facilitator, which enables cross – pollination across cultures. The ability to have this position makes the biennale the core of where societal transformation can take place…
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Award winners
The Yango prize is a symbolic action to support and strengthen the artistic creation. It is also meant to stimulate collaborations beyond the biennale.
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Exhibition Locations
Below are the Yango Biennale 1st edition exhibition partners:
Museum of Contemporary art Kinshasa
Académie des Beaux-Arts
Institute Francaise
Wallonie Bruxelles
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The 2014 Yango Biennale’s focus was on:
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Artists IN
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Official opening of Yango Biennale
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Design Week
The core of Yango Biennale Design Week project was about creating design and production consciousness. The purpose of focusing on design and production consciousness as a starting point, was with the aim to inspire a different way of re-thinking design – by beginning from the local context. The other emphasis of Design week was in the building of a Design Platform in Kinshasa that could facilitate local production. Read more…
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Yango biennale promo video
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Inside Yango
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