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Halle Nord is pleased to present the first solo exhibition by Yann Stéphane Bisso (*Sangmélima, Cameroon, lives and works in Geneva) in an institutional context, in partnership with the art space In extenso in Clermont-Ferrand (FR). This exhibition also marks the start of Elise Lammer’s artistic programming, and highlights Halle Nord’s recent efforts to disseminate the work of Geneva-based artists through targeted co-productions within an international network of allied art centres.
Featuring a new series of large-scale paintings by the artist, a sound creation by Bob1000, alias 1000 Balles, and a poetic text by Debbie Alagen, the exhibition is based on Lose Your Mother. A Journey Along The Atlantic Slave Route by Saidiya Hartman (2007), the account of a trip to Ghana during which this American historian and thinker attempted to decipher the traces of the Atlantic slave trade.
Like Hartman’s story, Pas-châssés is about understanding what makes up an...More
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Halle Nord is pleased to present the first solo exhibition by Yann Stéphane Bisso (*Sangmélima, Cameroon, lives and works in Geneva) in an institutional context, in partnership with the art space In extenso in Clermont-Ferrand (FR). This exhibition also marks the start of Elise Lammer’s artistic programming, and highlights Halle Nord’s recent efforts to disseminate the work of Geneva-based artists through targeted co-productions within an international network of allied art centres.
Featuring a new series of large-scale paintings by the artist, a sound creation by Bob1000, alias 1000 Balles, and a poetic text by Debbie Alagen, the exhibition is based on Lose Your Mother. A Journey Along The Atlantic Slave Route by Saidiya Hartman (2007), the account of a trip to Ghana during which this American historian and thinker attempted to decipher the traces of the Atlantic slave trade.
Like Hartman’s story, Pas-châssés is about understanding what makes up an...More