Vernissage: Otobong Nkanga

Vernissage for the autumn exhibition of Otobong Nkanga on Friday, 9 October at 19:00. Free admission, no registration required.

Otobong Nkanga was born in 1974 in Kano, Nigeria, and lives in Antwerp, Belgium. Her artistic practice engages with questions of ecology and the exploitation of Earth's resources, as well as the body's relationship to space and land.

"I dreamt of you in colours" is Nkanga's first retrospective exhibition in Scandinavia, featuring works from the 1990s to the present across diverse media. During the opening evening, the artist activates the work "Solid Maneuvers" (2015) through a performance of the same title - a work using salt, makeup, and minerals that embodies the impact of mining on landscape and environment. At the intersection of choreography and ritual, Nkanga explores the connection between physical exertion, collective memory, and the violence inherent in the extraction of natural resources.

Programme
18:00 Restaurant/Bar SMAK opens
19:00 Exhibition hall and Verkstan open
19:30 Welcome remarks by Malmö Konsthall director/curator Mats Stjernstedt, artist Otobong Nkanga, and curators Odile Burluraux (MAM) and Nicole Schweizer (MCBA). Remarks interpreted into sign language.
20:15 Performance: Solid Maneuvers by Otobong Nkanga
20:45 DJ VV (SMAK)
22:00 Exhibition hall closes
23:00 SMAK closes

The exhibition is produced in collaboration with Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (MAM), Paris Musées, and Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne (MCBA). Curators in Paris and Lausanne: Odile Burluraux (MAM) and Nicole Schweizer (MCBA). Curator in Malmö: Mats Stjernstedt (Malmö Konsthall).