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FOCUS09 is an art and culture project that was held from 1st – 14th June 2009 in the voltahalle Basel, parallel to Art 40 Basel. It offered a platform for contemporary art with an emphasis on Africa and was designed as a lab to develop the concept for a new art fair in 2010. The project consisted of two main parts: a workshop and an exhibition. In the first week artists from Senegal and Zambia came together for a performance during an open workshop. In the second week FOCUS09 welcomed a variety of international artists who presented more artworks that deals with manifold images of the African continent and its diasporas. Various side-events promoting culturally diverse art and designed to contribute to the development of the art fair in 2010 accompanied FOCUS09.
Featuring artists: Aïcha Aïdara (Senegal), Wantina Appolinaire (DR Kongo), Blaise Bang (Kamerun),Martin Chanda (Sambia/Switzerland), François Duconseille (France), Eddy Ekete (DR Kongo), Dié Fall Kane (Senegal), Samba Fall (Senegal/Norway), Alexandre Fruh (Belgium), Matias Huart (Switzerland), Jean-Christophe Lanquetin (France),Christian Lichtenberg (Switzerland), Freddy Mutombo (DR Kongo), Ursula Palla (Switzerland), Unathi Sigenu (South Africa), Hervé Youmbi (Kamerun)
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