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Jean Michel Dissake, Hako Hankson, Kendji & Ollo Arts, Patrick-Joël Tatcheda Yonkeu, Guy Wouete, Angelo Accardi, Julia Bornefeld, Cesare Catania, Adélaïde Laurent-Bellue, Franco Mazzucchelli, Rex and Edna Volcan, Giorgio Tentolini, Liu Youju
Press release
National Participation - Cameroon (Republic of)
After bringing the first official NFT exhibition to the Biennale in 2022, the Pavilion of the Republic of Cameroon is the first to realise a Carbon Net Zero exhibition, acting in two complementary directions: policies for reducing emissions and reusing materials will be implemented, and at the end of the exhibition, all aspects related to the exhibition will be measured using GHG standards to calculate the CO2 emissions emitted and offset them by planting certified trees to create a new forest in Cameroon.
Inspired by the Biennale’s theme “Strangers Everywhere,” the exhibition project led by commissioner Serge Achille Ndouma and curators Paul Emmanuel Loga Mahop and Sandro Orlandi Stagl delves into a theme that finds diffusion everywhere and characterises every era. The Latin saying “Nemo propheta in patria” (No one is a prophet in their land) highlights the circumstance that rarely does a person enjoy prestige and recognition in the place where they were born and where everyone knows them. On the contrary, it is more likely to happen elsewhere, among strangers. In this context, a prophet is simply a person misunderstood by their contemporaries and compatriots because of their dissonant nature. This figure stands out for something, not necessarily at extreme levels or of genius, but for their ability to see beyond, to see what others do not see, to anticipate the times, and to think differently from the masses. It is for this reason that they are often misunderstood, especially in their community of origin, where there is a greater expectation of conformity to the “norms” of the group.
