Invisible Borders + Vera List Centre New York
The idea is to facilitate workshops that are thematically multi-pronged animated by key participants who, one way or the other, have participated in Invisible borders project or whose work/thoughts resonates with conversations around borders, being and motion.
The workshop will be open to participants who will join us virtually. Any number of participants from 6 to 12 will be enough, more is also ok. My first inclination is that we employ the approach of conversation between grouped facilitators while discussing concepts, thoughts, processes, and personal experiences accrued from collaborations. Furthermore, we would illustrate this with references in the way of prepared materials (slides of images, references, to books, passages of texts/poetry, or even music). Finally, we open up the space to the participants to engage with facilitators through remarks and questions.
Below is the breakdown of the various sessions and corresponding facilitators.
DATE OF EVENT: TUESDAY OCTOBER 12, 2021
LOCATION: ZOOM/ UNION DOCS BERLIN
The idea is to facilitate workshops that are thematically multi-pronged animated by key participants who, one way or the other, have participated in Invisible borders project or whose work/thoughts resonates with conversations around borders, being and motion.
The Journey is the Destination: Invisible Borders and Open Roads
Connecting the origins of the Invisible Borders project to the Nigerian photography collective, Depth of Field, this gathering hosted by Uche James Iroha, Emeka Okereke, and Zaynab Ondusi serves as a premise to historicize the project and its legacy.
- Uche James Iroha
- Emeka Okereke
- Zaynab Odunsi
Borders as Blank Pages: Writings on Borders through the Trans-African Project
Led by Kay Ugwuede and Tope Adegoke, this session reflects on the role of writing within the Invisible Borders project and the possibilities it has opened up.
- Kay Ugwuede
- Tope Adegoke
12 pm EDT / 6pm CEST / 9:30 pm IST
Let’s Try On New Clothes: Invisible Borders and the Trans-Bangladeshi Road Trip
Nigerian and Bangladeshi participants reflect on the nature and specificity of the Trans-Bangladeshi Road Trip. Exploring the notion and space of “encounter,” this exchange considers the process by which the subjective and collective are negotiated.
- Kay Ugwuede
- Emeka Okereke
- Sadia Mariam
- (TBD Sayed Asif Mahmud)
On the “Here and Elsewhere”: Nzukota and Hyphenates Projects
Discussing the poetics of relation within their collaboration, which has taken the form of two projects, Emeka Okereke hosts a performative conversation with anthropologist Mathangi Krishnamurthy and researcher Reem Alfahad.
- Emeka Okereke
- Mathangi Krishnamurthy
- Reem Alfahad
2 pm EDT/ 8 pm CEST / 11:30 IST
If I can’t be An Island, Let me be a cactus: On Crossings, From Desert to Water to Land
Reuben Yemoh, Minority Globe Initiative, spent years traversing the desert from West to North Africa. Joined by two Invisible Borders participants, Emeka Okereke and Tom Saater, who traversed the same borders, they intersect experiences while looking at methodologies employed by the Invisible Borders project for the translation of concepts into artistic practice.
- Reuben Yemoh
- Emeka Okereke
- Tom Saater
6:30 pm EDT/ 12:30 CEST
Coming Together, A Screening and Conversation at UnionDocs
Reflecting on the day’s proceedings and joining in from various locations and time zones, both in person at UnionDocs, James Uche Iroha, and virtually, Emeka Okereke and Kay Ugwuede, screen Invisible Borders films and enact the performance of coming together, especially at this moment in time during a global pandemic.
- Emeka Okereke
- James Uche Iroha
- Kay Ugwuede
To apply as a participant to any of the sessions, see link here
