This group of teachers, artists and curators may be based at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, but their objectives bypass pedagogy. Fostering critical discussions within the art scene in Ghana, while building international connections, this amorphous collective acts as an exhibition platform and support network, modelling a form of headless institution. Beyond its Kumasi project space are exchange programmes with art schools in Germany, and residency swaps in Denmark and Uganda. Historical survey Ghana 1957: Art After Independence was cocurated by Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh in Accra, while the group collaborated with Berlin’s SAVVY Contemporary in shaping part of its Transitions project. Members often swap seamlessly between the roles of artist and curator, such as Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson, who cocurated a two-part exhibition at Gallery 1957’s London and Accra spaces, then took part in the Busan Biennale, and Bernard Akoi-Jackson, who organised Elolo Bosoka’s show at Accra’s Museum of Science and Technology, and whose work is currently on display in the photography biennial Bamako Encounters.
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