Guest Room:
Anna-Alix Koffi

Guest Room aims to spark collaborations. That’s why Anna-Alix Koffi is teaming up with artist Sadikou Oukpedjo in choosing the theme for this instalment. Sadikou is an artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He primarily works with painting. Out of his works, which incorporate several traditional objects that he collected, he questions his cultural heritage through the prism of contemporary issues – political abuse of power, social inequalities and religious conflicts. The framework for your submissions is a quote from Sadikou Oukpedjo:

“Pleasing doesn’t interest me. It’s expression I’m interested in. I try to express something.”

Selection

    • Juan Brenner, Genesis 1, Guatemalan Highlands, GTM, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Juan Brenner, Genesis 1, Guatemalan Highlands, GTM, 2019
    • Nadja Shkirat, Bon Appétit!, Jerusalem, ISR, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Nadja Shkirat, Bon Appétit!, Jerusalem, ISR, 2020
    • Giulia Gr, Violent Gentleness of Love 3, Berlin, GER, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Giulia Gr, Violent Gentleness of Love 3, Berlin, GER, 2020
    • Jiawei Zhao, We are living in an overwhelmed American-dominated image world with our self-isolated space in 2020, New York City, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Jiawei Zhao, We are living in an overwhelmed American-dominated image world with our self-isolated space in 2020, New York City, USA, 2020
    • Silvy Crespo, The land of elephants 2, Montalegre, PRT | DER GREIF
      Silvy Crespo, The land of elephants 2, Montalegre, PRT
    • Akos Levente, Statue, Brno, CZE, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Akos Levente, Statue, Brno, CZE, 2020
    • Sarah Louise Kinsella, Samuel side profile, Sydney, AUS, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Sarah Louise Kinsella, Samuel side profile, Sydney, AUS, 2019
    • Tahmasi Ahmad, mythos of a young god, Xerokampos, GRC, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Tahmasi Ahmad, mythos of a young god, Xerokampos, GRC, 2019
    • Jonathan Ceron, Ecatepec, Estado de México, MEXblack circles on bullet holes, | DER GREIF
      Jonathan Ceron, Ecatepec, Estado de México, MEXblack circles on bullet holes,
    • Cristiano Volk, Audrey, Munich, GER | DER GREIF
      Cristiano Volk, Audrey, Munich, GER
    • Rosi Offenbach, All eyes on me, Munich, GER, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Rosi Offenbach, All eyes on me, Munich, GER, 2020
    • Amanda Raquel Dorval, Primavera I, New York City, NY, USA | DER GREIF
      Amanda Raquel Dorval, Primavera I, New York City, NY, USA
    • Eliza Bourner, New Shoes, London, GBR, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Eliza Bourner, New Shoes, London, GBR, 2020
    • Irene Antonia Diane Reece, Me olvidaste, Houston, Texas, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Irene Antonia Diane Reece, Me olvidaste, Houston, Texas, USA, 2020
    • Tsai Mong-Hsuan, Untitled, Taipei, TWN, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Tsai Mong-Hsuan, Untitled, Taipei, TWN, 2020
    • Jagoda Malanin, Memoir found in a bathtub 2, POL, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Jagoda Malanin, Memoir found in a bathtub 2, POL, 2020
    • Alfonso de Gregorio, Retained Reports, Internet, ITA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Alfonso de Gregorio, Retained Reports, Internet, ITA, 2020
    • La Profecia, La profecia 1, San Pedro, GTM, 2019 | DER GREIF
      La Profecia, La profecia 1, San Pedro, GTM, 2019
    • Jessica Gianelli, Orè, London, GBR, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Jessica Gianelli, Orè, London, GBR, 2020
    • Tahmasi Ahmad, bring me back the time, Lassing, AUT, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Tahmasi Ahmad, bring me back the time, Lassing, AUT, 2020
    • Lincolin Lin, American Confusion 2, Melrose and Harvard, Los Angeles, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Lincolin Lin, American Confusion 2, Melrose and Harvard, Los Angeles, USA, 2020
    • Piotr Pietrus, Flowers, Berlin, GER, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Piotr Pietrus, Flowers, Berlin, GER, 2020
    • Koral Carballo, Chapter 1, Coyolillo, MEX, 2017 | DER GREIF
      Koral Carballo, Chapter 1, Coyolillo, MEX, 2017
    • Kukka-Maria Rosenlund, Pink view, FIN, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Kukka-Maria Rosenlund, Pink view, FIN, 2020
    • Gaia Squarci, Haze 1, New York City, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Gaia Squarci, Haze 1, New York City, USA, 2020
    • Alexia Villard, Untitled, Berlin, GER, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Alexia Villard, Untitled, Berlin, GER, 2020
    • Emily Schiffer, Album 2, Brooklyn, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Emily Schiffer, Album 2, Brooklyn, USA, 2020
    • Kenechi Unachukwu, Skin Tone, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Kenechi Unachukwu, Skin Tone, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 2020
    • Kevin Claiborne, Ruin her, New York City, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Kevin Claiborne, Ruin her, New York City, USA, 2020
    • Irene Antonia Diane Reece, We exist, Houston, Texas, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Irene Antonia Diane Reece, We exist, Houston, Texas, USA, 2020
    • Lincolin Lin, American Confusion 1, San Diego, USA, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Lincolin Lin, American Confusion 1, San Diego, USA, 2018
    • Kevin Claiborne, Chasing after, New York City, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Kevin Claiborne, Chasing after, New York City, USA, 2020
    • Kenechi Unachukwu, Pain, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Kenechi Unachukwu, Pain, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 2020
    • Rosi Offenbach, All eyes on me, Munich, GER, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Rosi Offenbach, All eyes on me, Munich, GER, 2020
    • Emily Schiffer, Album 4, New York, USA, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Emily Schiffer, Album 4, New York, USA, 2021
    • Giulia Gr, Violent Gentleness of Love 4, Berlin, GER, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Giulia Gr, Violent Gentleness of Love 4, Berlin, GER, 2020
    • Jessica Gianelli, To be, London, GBR, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Jessica Gianelli, To be, London, GBR, 2020
    • Jagoda Malanin, Memoir found in a bathtub, Poland, POL, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Jagoda Malanin, Memoir found in a bathtub, Poland, POL, 2020
    • Kukka-Maria Rosenlund, White Horse, FIN, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Kukka-Maria Rosenlund, White Horse, FIN, 2020
    • Polly Hummel, self-portrait, Porto, PRT, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Polly Hummel, self-portrait, Porto, PRT, 2020
    • Nadja Shkirat, Bon Appétit!, Jerusalem, ISR, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Nadja Shkirat, Bon Appétit!, Jerusalem, ISR, 2020
    • Marcin Kruk, How much will I be able to go through, Rzeszow / Subcarpathia, POL, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Marcin Kruk, How much will I be able to go through, Rzeszow / Subcarpathia, POL, 2019
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Anna-Alix Koffi

Based between Abidjan and Paris, Anna-Alix Koffi, Alix (for short) is the founding Creative Director and photo editor of OFF the wall photography journal (2013), woman paper (2016) : special editions for festivals, biennials and photo fairs, SOMETHING WE AFRICANS GOT (2017), journal about Africa, arts and critical thoughts and its magazine version SWAG High profiles (2019). All the publications are independent and self-published.

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Sadikou Oukpedjo

Sadikou is an artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He primarily works with painting. Out of his works, which incorporate several traditional objects that he collected, he questions his cultural heritage through the prism of contemporary issues - political abuse of power, social inequalities and religious conflicts.