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Hope is a promise, a contradiction, a quiet revolution.

On Hope

PRODUCTIONS/
PAPER EDITION
PRODUCTIONS/
PAPER EDITION

On Hope

For the second issue of our Paper Edition, we speak to twelve leading thinkers, dreamers, and practitioners; and present them in the context of artworks that expand the concept of hope.

Sim Chi Yin, Burmese Spring, 2012, © Sim Chi Yin

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ART

Hope has the potential to transform us, to open up new horizons. So does art. Art can push the boundaries of imagination, art can be a mirror of society, a source of political reflection, and ultimately a tool for activism.

That’s why every Paper Edition features selected artists and artworks. For our Paper Edition on Hope, we invited curator Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung to select artists that explore the concept of hope.

  • Raisa Galofre, Portrait of a Carnival Dancer during Barranquilla’s Carnival, Colombia, from the series Daughters of the Muntu: A Pluriverse, 2015 - ongoing © Raisa Galofre

  • Akinbode Akinbiyi, Bar Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos, 2004, from the series Sea Never Dry, Courtesy: The artist

  • Akinbode Akinbiyi, Lagos Island, Lagos, 2004, from the series Lagos: All Roads, Courtesy: The artist

  • Raisa Galofre, Todos los tiempos en uno (All the times in one), from the series Daughters of the Muntu: A Pluriverse, 2015 – ongoing, © Raisa Galofre

  • Anjel (Boris Anje), Shades of Pride, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 140 x 110cm, Courtesy of the artist and OOA Gallery

  • Raisa Galofre, Der Liegende (after Waldemar Grzimek), from the series Aus Hand und Stein (From Hands and Stones), 2015 - 2016, © Raisa Galofre

  • Jota Mombaça, A Gente Com- binamos De Não Morrer / Us Agreed Not To Die, Performance, Object, 2018-ongoing

  • Kiri Dalena, Tungkung Langit, 2012, video, color, sound, 20’35’’, Courtesy: Kiri Dalena, Camera: John Javellana

  • Akinbode Akinbiyi, Bar Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos, 2006, from the series Sea Never Dry, Courtesy: The artist

  • Kiri Dalena, Tungkung Langit, 2012, video, color, sound, 20' 35", Courtesy: Kiri Dalena, Camera: John Javellana

  • Sim Chi Yin, Shifting Sands, Malaysia, 2017 – ongoing, © Sim Chi Yin

  • Sim Chi Yin, Shifting Sands, Singapore, 2017 – ongoing, © Sim Chi Yin

  • Anjel, Be human, 2020, Acrylic and posca on canvas, 160x130 cm, Courtesy of the artist

  • Raisa Galofre, El fuego vivo de la cumbia vive en nosotros (The vivid fire of Cumbia lives within us), from the series Daughters of the Muntu: A Pluriverse, 2015 – ongoing, © Raisa Galofre

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