Monday 16 March 2015

Call for applications: 10th Bamako encounters: African biennale of photography * Bisi Silva appointed Artistic Director




The Malian Ministry of Culture and Institut français, the Bamako Encounters, has called for applications for Bamako encounters 2015 which is scheduled to take place in Bamako, from 31st October to 31st December 2015.

Newswatch Times gathered that the Bamako Encounters is the first and principal international platform dedicated to African photography on the continent. “A veritable platform for discovery, exchanges and interaction, the Bamako Encounters are known as a meeting place for African photographers and other art professionals from across the world,” its organizers stated.
The Executive Director of the Bamako Encounters, Samuel Sidibe, is also the Director of the National Museum of Mali, who has been directing it since 2009.
The Artistic Director of the 10th Bamako Encounters is Bisi Silva, an independent curator and the Director, Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA, Lagos).
The Pan-African Exhibition, resulting from a call for applications and the selection of artists representing all of the African continent and its Diaspora, is part of the Biennial’s central presentation.
Tagged: Telling Time, the call for applications to the Pan-African Exhibition of the 10th edition of the Bamako Encounters is open for African photographers and video artists from 15th January to 30th March 2015.
for more information, visit: http://ifprog.institutfrancais.com/…/Rencontres-de-Bamako-2…
English version: http://ifprog.institutfrancais.com/…/Rencontres-de-Bamako-2…

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