Ibiye Camp
(Senegal)Ibiye is a British Nigerian multidisciplinary artist. Her work engages with technology, trade and material within the African Diaspora.
Ibiye’s work utilises architectural tools to highlight the biases and conflicts inherent to technology and postcolonial subjects. Her past projects in Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Ethiopia investigated the dynamics of technology as a means to explore the glitches and tensions between digital infrastructure and the landscape.
Ibiye Camp holds an MA in Architecture from the Royal College of Art
Ibiye’s artwork has been presented at the Sharjah Architecture Triennial (2019), and the 18th International Architecture Exhibition (2023).
Revised Cartographies
Becoming Hyper-conscious
Barcelona is a city that owes a considerable amount of its growth to its colonial engagements. However, it was also one of the first places to raise questions over colonial culture. In the 1960s, publishing houses in Barcelona fought to resist the Franco dictatorship and openly criticised colonialism. ‘Revised Cartographies’ invites participants to interrogate colonial inscriptions and the geopolitical flows emanating from Barcelona.
Participants will visit sites including the Columbus monument and Plaça Idrissa Diallo.
Plaça Idrissa Diallo is an important site. The public removed the legacy of a man who profited from slavery and instead honoured a young Guinean man who died in a migrant detention centre.
Participants will be introduced to photogrammetry at Port Vell to gain an understanding of the city’s relationship with the sea, port, and geopolitical movement. We will source ingredients from Kumasi Market and visit Museu Torre Balldovina in Santa Coloma de Gramenet.
Participants will also use elements of natural dye to map spaces of the African diaspora in Barcelona. Minerals, crude oil, and cocoa are sourced from countries such as Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, and used throughout the city of Barcelona.
Reading: Scenes of Subjection by Sydia Hartman
