Discussions / Ateliers

“What’s love got to do with it?” – Talk with Gabi Ngcobo

Weltkulturen Museum / Weltkulturen Labor, Frankfurt a.M. , Germany
22 Apr 2015

“What’s love got to do with it?” – Talk with Gabi Ngcobo

Frantz Fanon: 'Black Skin, White Masks', 1967 ('Peau noire, masques blancs', 1952)

Gabi Ngcobo is guest artist and curator at the Weltkulturen Labor. During her residency, she has been critically engaging and reviewing the museum’s collection of contemporary art from South Africa.

In her talk “What’s love got to do with it?” Gabi Ngcobo discusses her research work in the Weltkulturen Labor.

Gabi Ngcobo is a curator, artist and educator based in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2010, she co-founded the collaborative platform Center for Historical Reenactments and over the last four years has contributed curatorially, individually and collectively to a variety of projects organised by this platform.

Ngcobo is a lecturer at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg. She is a member of the curatorial team for the forthcoming 32nd Bienal de São Paulo, to open in September 2016.

Wednesday, 22nd April, 7pm

Weltkulturen Labor
Schaumainkai 37
Frankfurt a.M.

www.weltkulturenmuseum.de