The online screening of Yinka Shonibare CBE’s films, Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), 2004, Odile and Odette, 2005 and Addio del Passato, 2011, will be featured on SOUTH SOUTH’s platform.
Digital Screening of Yinka Shonibare CBE’s Films
SOUTH SOUTH FILM
21 – 24 January 2022
Shonibare’s opulently designed film productions explore the ambiguities of race, identity, class, and gender through the artist’s ‘post-colonial’ lens.
“What I find interesting is the idea that you cannot define Africa without Europe. The idea that there is some kind of dichotomy between Africa and Europe – between the ‘exotic other’ and the ‘civilized European’, if you like – I think is completely simplistic. I am interested in exploring the mythology of these two so-called separate spheres, and in creating an overlap of identities.” - Yinka Shonibare CBE.
To coincide with the digital screening, Shonibare will join curator Victor Wang, Artistic Director and Chief Curator at M WOODS Museum, Beijing, for an online discussion on the artist’s filmmaking practice. The talk will be hosted by SOUTH SOUTH on 21 January at 12:00pm (GMT). Shonibare’s films will launch Friday 21 January at 8am (GMT). All films will remain active until Monday 24 January 8am GMT.
Yinka Shonibare CBE, Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), 2004, High Definition Digital Video, 32 minutes loop, Edition of 6 plus 2 APs. Co-Produced by SVT Fiktion in collaboration with Moderna Museet, Stockholm. © Yinka Shonibare CBE. All Rights Reserved, DACS / Artimage.