ANTANANARIVO
MARCH 10 - APRIL 25, 2021
The exhibition Antananarivo Ligne 11, created by Fondation H, is an artistic proposal built around a scenery of traffic, wandering and movement in the capital of Madagascar. Having been shown once before at Fondation H – Antananarivo from November 2020 to January 2021, it is once again welcoming the public at Antananarivo Town Hall from March 10 to April 25, 2021, Wednesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
As part of a revitalizing effort of Antananarivo’s cultural life, the CUA is hosting this artistic proposal’s suggested ode to mobility, be it on wheels (with the hint to the "line", aka buses) or on foot (11 metaphorically referring to parallel legs). This exhibition is an invitation to dream, imagine and approach the city through multidisciplinary works by 10 contemporary artists: Aina Zo Raberanto, Bloumorof, Carine HCR, Didier Montagné, Gad Bensalem, Hazokely, Lowett, Sexy Expédition Yéyé, Tsiry KelyPanda, and Yves Robinson.
This exhibition showcases Antananarivo in all its splendor, beauty, flaws, cultural richness, transformations, historical traces, identity structure and search forharmony. Antananarivo bubbling with life, with a frantic pulse, when not running out of steam in the congested, narrow streets or potentially steep slopes. Antananarivo Ligne 11 tells snippets of a city of exchange and multicultural encounters, a city that lives, moves, and produces.
The exhibition’s scenery resonates with the city’s density, where wandering is regulated and led along a set route and pace, similar to those of the city’s taxibe lines: slow and with many stops.
The multi-sensory experience of Antananarivo Ligne 11 showcases various artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, photography, graphic design, sculpture, comics, poetry, sound design, music and singing, as well as culinary and olfactory arts.
With this free, open-to-all exhibition from March 10 to April 26, 2021, the City's Department of Arts, Culture and Community Life is partnering with Fondation H to give more space and visibility to artistic creation in the city.