Guest Room:
Johanne Affricot

Guest Room aims to spark collaborations. That’s why Johanne Affricot is teaming up with Silvia Rosi in choosing the theme for this instalment. Silvia is an Italian/Togolaise, London-based artist working with photography, text and video to explore ideas of memory, origins and diaspora. She is the recipient of the Jerwood Photoworks Awards (2020). Silvia has provided the following quote by Chinua Achebe from the novel Things Fall Apart as a framework for your submissions:

“There is no story that is not true … The world has no end, and what is good among people is an abomination with others.”

Selection

    • Nonzuzo Gxekwa, Pieces of Me, Johannesburg, ZAF, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Nonzuzo Gxekwa, Pieces of Me, Johannesburg, ZAF, 2020
    • Stephen Wilson, Same Differance 2, St Patricks Church Belfast, IRL, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Stephen Wilson, Same Differance 2, St Patricks Church Belfast, IRL, 2019
    • Aggelos Barai, Child Dedication, Athens, GRC, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Aggelos Barai, Child Dedication, Athens, GRC, 2018
    • Tami Aftab, The Dog’s in the Car, London, GBR, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Tami Aftab, The Dog’s in the Car, London, GBR, 2019
    • Aggelos Barai, Nigerian Wedding, Athens, GRC, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Aggelos Barai, Nigerian Wedding, Athens, GRC, 2018
    • Cletus Nwadike, Black art matters 3, Abagana, NGA, 2016 | DER GREIF
      Cletus Nwadike, Black art matters 3, Abagana, NGA, 2016
    • Alejandro Otto Subiotto, Rocinante, St Hubert, BEL | DER GREIF
      Alejandro Otto Subiotto, Rocinante, St Hubert, BEL
    • Joanna Legid, The Holy Family, Nkumba, RWA, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Joanna Legid, The Holy Family, Nkumba, RWA, 2019
    • Alessia Petrolito, la dolce vita(web), Trofarello (Turin), ITA, 2017 | DER GREIF
      Alessia Petrolito, la dolce vita(web), Trofarello (Turin), ITA, 2017
    • Alexandre Desane, Crepus 1, Paris, FRA | DER GREIF
      Alexandre Desane, Crepus 1, Paris, FRA
    • Giovanni Pigliapochi, IFEOMA, Turin, ITA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Giovanni Pigliapochi, IFEOMA, Turin, ITA, 2020
    • Mariana Amaro, Untitled, London, GBR, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Mariana Amaro, Untitled, London, GBR, 2018
    • Tshepiso Mabula, Otata Bafel’ Emigodhini Black Commodities 9, Johannesburg, ZAF, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Tshepiso Mabula, Otata Bafel’ Emigodhini Black Commodities 9, Johannesburg, ZAF, 2019
    • Akos Levente, Weight, Brno, CZE, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Akos Levente, Weight, Brno, CZE, 2020
    • Dan Moga, Forgiving is easy, forgetting is hard, Aiud, ROU, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Dan Moga, Forgiving is easy, forgetting is hard, Aiud, ROU, 2020
    • Raquel Gandra, Summit, Ceará, BRA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Raquel Gandra, Summit, Ceará, BRA, 2020
    • Jonas Carpignano, Valley, The Valley, ITA | DER GREIF
      Jonas Carpignano, Valley, The Valley, ITA
    • An Simin, Ariel in lake of Gopniker park, Berlin, DEU | DER GREIF
      An Simin, Ariel in lake of Gopniker park, Berlin, DEU
    • Andre Hansen, The Intertwining 2, Copenhagen, DNK, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Andre Hansen, The Intertwining 2, Copenhagen, DNK, 2020
    • Raquel Gandra, Mountain, Ceará, BRA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Raquel Gandra, Mountain, Ceará, BRA, 2020
    • Juan Aristides Otamendiz, YO SOY TU, Plaza de Revolucion, CUB, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Juan Aristides Otamendiz, YO SOY TU, Plaza de Revolucion, CUB, 2020
    • Duda Carvalho, Glory of loved ones, Rio, BRA | DER GREIF
      Duda Carvalho, Glory of loved ones, Rio, BRA
    • Alan Nakkash, Untitled 2, San Siego, California, USA | DER GREIF
      Alan Nakkash, Untitled 2, San Siego, California, USA
    • Kirstin Schmitt, HACE FRÍO SIN TI, PERO SE VIVE, La Habana, CUB, 2017 | DER GREIF
      Kirstin Schmitt, HACE FRÍO SIN TI, PERO SE VIVE, La Habana, CUB, 2017
    • Charlie Blackledge, Untitled, Wainfleet, GBR | DER GREIF
      Charlie Blackledge, Untitled, Wainfleet, GBR
    • Prisca Munkeni Monnier, Guenon, Paris, FRA, 2017 | DER GREIF
      Prisca Munkeni Monnier, Guenon, Paris, FRA, 2017
Johanne Affricot 1×1 | DER GREIF
Johanne Affricot

Johanne Affricot is an Italian-Haitian-Ghanaian independent culture curator and the founder of GRIOTmag, a collective + media platform. Her recent curatorial projects include (Memorie) In Ascolto {Listening Memories}, a site-specific video-installation and a reading performance for 'Futura Memoria' Contemporary Rome festival (Contemporaneamente Roma, 2019); Mirrors, a contemporary dance and video art performance (MAXXI museum -2018, Rome; Addis Abeba, Johannesburg, Dakar, 2019, for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation).

Silvia Rosi

Silvia is an Italian/Togolaise, London-based artist working with photography, text and video to explore ideas of memory, origins and diaspora. She is the recipient of the Jerwood Photoworks Awards (2020).