1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

1-54 Forum Returns

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This year, 1-54 Forum returns after a brief hiatus and honours its founder, Koyo Kouoh. The 2025 edition is led by RAW Material Company, also founded by Kouoh Kouoh who have curated a day of artistic and discursive convening in tribute to her legacy. Threaded through the programme is the idea of institution building as a curatorial practice a tenet central to Kouoh’s work and a continuing pillar of the Forum. Across opening reflections, conversations, and artistic gestures, invited guests consider how cultural infrastructures can be imagined, sustained, and shared.

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Closing Remarks | Poetic Gesture 20.11.2025 1:18:56

Closing remarks by Simon Njami Poetic Gesture by Gabe Feijoo Film screening by Eric Baudelaire Curated by RAW Material Company in tribute to Koyo Kouoh. Produced by 1-54 Forum.

Talk | On Possible Futures and the question of Sustainability 20.11.2025 43:28

Sustaining art and institutions requires both vision and resources. This conversation brings together practitioners exploring how funding, support structures, and collective strategies shape the possibilities for artistic and institutional futures. Teesa Bahana (32° East), Sepake Angiama (Iniva)   and Yto Barrada (The Motership/Cinematheque de Tanger) will share insights from their...

Talk | On Institution Building as a Curatorial Practice 20.11.2025 53:33

How can building an institution be understood as a curatorial act in itself? Inspired by Koyo Kouoh’s vision of “institution building as creative practice,” this conversation brings together practitioners who have each reimagined what cultural infrastructures can be. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung (SAVVY Contemporary, Haus der Kulturen der Welt), Ibrahim Mahama (SCCA Tamale), and Maria M...

Opening Remarks | On Institution building as a curatorial practice 20.11.2025 10:33

Marie Hélène Pereira for RAW Material Company Curated by RAW Material Company in tribute to Koyo Kouoh. Produced by 1-54 Forum.