Conversation from Cape Town Art Fair, where the concept of Africa is challenged, and where we also continue to think about the tactility of textile
Helen Teede friom Zimbabwe represented in Cape Town Art Fair by First Floor Gallery in Harare INTRODUCING SEASON 6: Two conversations mark the beginning of Season 6 from Foreignness and Friendship. We have been in Cape Town to continue the investigation of how textile is transforming the idea of contemporary art. In the first conversation White African speaks to Laura Vincenti, the director of Cape Town Art Fair. During the conversation they discuss the idea of Africa og how it is used in an awkward way. The art fair in Cape Town wants to perceive art as art no matter from where it originates - we also do not talk about European art. Morten Ranum continues his questioning of how textile are transforming our perception of contemporary art, but in Cape Town he also encounters the gallery Art Formes, which is concentrating on clay - a material with a divers tactility. They deliberately talk about clay, not ceramics. In an upcoming podcast we will bring a broader view on t