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FATOU KANDE SENGHOR
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"In my work I am constantly searching for Africa’s modernity in its own expression, away from what seems to be the norm, the norm of the global village. FOCUS10 provides a platform to question this modernity – that’s why I am supporting it as a member of the Curatorial Board."
Biography
Fatou Kandé Senghor, born in 1971 in Senegal, lives in Dakar. She is a multifaceted visual artist, working as a film director, photographer, cameraman, producer, lecturer and costume designer. As a co-founder of the Waru Studio (Dakar) – a platform of dialogue for filmmakers of her generation - she works on exploring new technologies as an alternative to the dying film industry and a voice to the peoples of the rich and misunderstood continent: Africa. |
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Fatou worked as a cameraman with Wim Wenders on the short movie "The Invisible" - a film about women that were raped by the May May warriors during the war in Congo. She has also written in numerous publications about the African experience in film and about gender issues in the African context.
Her video/performance/ installation, «On quest for modern Africa», was presented on Dak'Art 2004: The Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar (2004). In 2006 she followed an invitation by Okwui Enwezor, curator of «Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography» at the International Center of Photography in New York, presenting photos of an abandoned and derelict Court of Law in Dakar.
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