Open Call: African and Diaspora video artists

Exhibition view of ‘Digital Africa Casablanca’ at BiC Project Space, Casablanca, 2019. Featured work: Marton Robinson, Tic Tac Nod #1, 2018.

Bikoka Art Project (BAP) is a new initiative dedicated to providing artistic and professional opportunities to local youth and women, and supporting the next generation of creatives in Lolodorf, Cameroon. 

BAP is launching an open call to Cameroonian, African, and Diaspora video and digital media artists to participate in the next Digital Africa screening that will take place in Lolodorf in January 2022.

Part of a larger project entitled ‘Portrait of a Community – Features of a Land’, comprising a new commission by Cameroonian photographer Yvon Ngassam, the screening programme will aim to showcase the diverse forms of creativity existing throughout the continent and the Diaspora to a local rural community and local youth, in a bid to open new conversations on the potential of creative arts in the educational and professional fields.

Interested artists or collectives may submit works exploring the following themes:

-       self-representation

-       personal, family, or collective histories

-       community or social fabric

-       landscape and memories embedded in the land

-       nature, ecology, and environmental issues

-       architecture and the transformations of landscape

Submissions may include between 1 and 3 single-channel videos or digital works in avi, mov, mpeg, mp4 files sent by email or large file transfer, vimeo or youtube link, or online storage. 

Additional information must be emailed along the video file or link in Word or PDF format.

This should include:

-       name of author

-       title of work, date, format, length

-       short biography and statement on the submitted piece/s (both 250 to 500 words) in English or French

-       list of recent exhibitions, screenings, or online displays

Submissions can be sent to admin@eyonart.com, indicating ‘Open Call DA Lolodorf’ in the subject line.

Deadline to apply: Sunday 28 November 2021.

Curated by Christine Eyene, initially in the context of Yaounde Photo Network, the previous iterations of Digital Africa have taken place in Yaounde (2016-17), London and Tokyo (2017), and Casablanca (2019), to create a dialogue between Cameroonian and African art practices in those different locations. 

Digital Africa – Lolodorf will take place at the Cultural Foyer with support from Lolodorf City Council. 

Bikoka Art Project is developed and funded by Eyonart – curatorial and exhibition production platform.