TIME_FRAME meets Cameroonian artists

Thanks to the initiative Talking About! by iStrike Foundation (Rotterdam), TIME_FRAME had the chance to meet  six artists and cultural producers from Cameroon on September 19,2009 :

Ruth Belinga (artist, curator, Yaounde),
Goody Leye (artist, founder of artist’s initiative Art Bakery, Douala),
Herve Youmbi (artist, member of the collective Cercle Kapsiki, Douala),
Achilleka Komguem (artist, editor of newspaper Diartgonale, Yaounde),
Lionel Manga (writer, Douala),
Achille Atina (cultural mediator, Douala).

We had the opportunity to see their work and discuss the needs of contemporary art scene in Cameroon as well as the disfficulties and strategies that had to be developed in order to  hack the current system.

Artists have developed a strong political vision of the role of art in the society and are actively challenging existing definitions of art, while developing critical responses to the emergencies of every day life. They organise themselfes in collectives and are engaged in using art in community projects in order to create a process of awareness, emancipation and empowerment.Through public art projects and community events, these artists and collectives are taking responsability and actively working to enhance .