12 Dec 2012

Launch of JAMAN – DiARTgonale special edition #1

The magazine JAMAN (Bamum for 'German') spotlights encounters between Cameroon and the 'West' during more than a hundred years. The art works, the poetic and scientific texts and the cartoons that have been specially produced for this issue challenge cherished notions of cultural authenticity. JAMAN is the fist of a series of special editions, published by the European art organisation Enough Room for Space in collaboration with the Cameroonian artist journal DiARTgonale.

Download of digital edition: www.enoughroomforspace.org
Paper edition: Find a list of distributors in Europe and Africa on www.enoughroomforspace.org.
To order the magazine (€ 2,50 + postage) please contact erfors@gmail.com.

Launch:
December 17, 2012, 7 p.m. at Savvy Contemporary, Berlin, with a presentation of Annette Schemmel, editor and Christian Hanussek (contributor)

Editors: Marjolijn Dijkman (NL) and Annette Schemmel (DE)
Designer: Indre Klimaite (LT)
Support: Arts Collaboratory (NL), Stroom (NL), IFA (DE)
Contributors: Christian Hanussek (DE), Salifou Lindou (CM), Nyemb Popoli (CM), Michaela Oberhofer (DE), Achille K Komguem (CM), Andrew Gilbert (UK), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (DE, 1880 - 1938), Paul Hendrikse (NL), Louis-Marie Pouka-M'Bague (CM, 1910 – 1992), Anschaire Aveved (CM), Hervé Yamguen (CM), Anschaire Aveved (CM), Dunja Herzog (CH), Garba Tanko (CM), Maarten Vanden Eynde (BE), Pascale Marthine Tayou (CM), Matthias de Groof (BE), Marjolijn Dijkman (NL), Nav Haq (UK), Annette Schemmel (DE), Jean Pierre Bekolo (CM)

Context:
Three years of discussions, artistic residencies, exhibitions and collaborations between Cameroonian and European artists have led to a series of contemporary art magazines. Each edition is headed by co-productions of Cameroonian and Dutch / German / Belgium artists and explores a specific subject matter in depth. The special editions are hosted by DiARTgonale, a Cameroonian artist journal initiated by Achille K Komguem.