Dragos Olea of Apparatus 22 arrived in Sulcis on November 11th; it was his first time in Sardinia and his first collaboration with Cherimus. He spent two weeks with us, leading eight workshops in Villamassargia, Domusnovas, Musei, and Iglesias and…
Yassine Balbzioui flew to Sardinia directly from Marseilles where he attended an artist residency at La Friche la Belle de Mai.Yassine already knew Sardinia and Cherimus very well: in 2011 he collaborated on the project Happy April, creating workshops throughout…
The idea of organising a carnival came up from some talks Marco and I had when I was in Italy between 2008 and 2009. Marco used to go around to visit Milan’s art galleries and he often took me with…
During an afternoon break between one workshop in Ngong and another in Kawangware, I went with Ibrahim Nehme, writer-in-residence of the Darajart project, and Elisa Simoncelli, filmmaker and volunteer at Amani for Africa, to Mother House, one of the rescue centres for…
A matatu can fly, or almost: carefree, skipping traffic, light and levitating, passengers, engine, tires, transmission and muffler included, made of thin fabric and light. A hardware store can also fly, in the wind and in the sun: plates, shovels,…
Interview with Dexi Tian (English/French) by Derek MF Di Fabio – It’s funny how some expressions and sounds stick to our minds. In English there is an expression called Earworm, you use to say when you wake up with a…
Amy Sow, visual artist and activist of Nouakchott, has closed the four-workshop series of the project The Possible Gardens.The story of her commitment to the fight against violence against women, and of the central role that the protection of children…