CelineSianiDjiakoua

Work in progress presented at Bromley House on the 7th March. "The barbarians" - 2017 EUROCENTRISM  - AFROCENTRISM - EXOTICISM -ECOFEMINISM - RACIAL IDENTITY - RACIAL FLUIDITY - DECOLONISATION -  EMPATHY-  COMPASSION - RACISM - WHITE PRIVILEGE - WHITE GUILT  Research - various newspaper and research articles grouped by themes -  February-March 2020 Notes copied from sketchbooks-diaries - February-March 2020   Holding opposites within myself. I am turned into dust. I am not allowed to speak. All my life experiences, all my inner knowledge, grown for years and years, are silenced. I am not allowed to speak. A woman without a skin. The scales on our eyes are falling, falling, falling .... The more you learn, the less you can hide from the truth. the more you learn, the uglier the truth becomes. We are kept alive in the ugliest truth, having to live through it, knowing that we are g...

Extract of an experimental 360 Virtual Reality animated scene made after one of my drawings during training sessions at the QUAD, Derby in 2018-2019. I imported some drawings and GIFs into the Unity software to create the scenery. In the sound track I share some thoughts about "the woman in the river" and how I came to draw her.            Filmed view of the VR animated scene - extract - 1 min 32 Voice over recording - 3min53

Solo exhibition - June 2019 - Nottingham "Join local artist and Near Now Studio Member Céline Siani Djiakoua to celebrate the launch of a new website, alongside a showcase of works in progress. Céline will be showing works in progress that explore recent developments in her practice, following a period of training and learning enabled by new technologies and techniques. Works on display will include a 360˚ virtual reality animation, developed as part of a professional development programme at Quad (Derby), outcomes from an introductory course in printmaking at Leicester Print Workshop, experiments with eco-printing and examples of her line drawings."                                                           CLICK here to access the website 360 VR animation + sound track Ecoprints books Print...