mardi 12 juillet 2011

Pants konzepte (Germany 2011)

Co-Lab Editions 2 at SAVVY Contemporary Berlin, Germany
Wednesday, the 27th of April 2011

Review by Ioana Muntenescu

Pants Konzepte
performance by Ruth Feukoua and Serge Olivier Fokoua (Cameroon)
Curated by Marcio Cavallo

Have you ever been to an art performance and had your underwear tailored for you in the same time?
On Wednesday, the 27th of April 2011 the savvy-contemporary gallery in Berlin was pleased to offer its visitors this unique experience.
The performance conducted by the 2 Cameroonian artists was funny, playful and intimate: under the eyes of a simultaniously amused and shy public, they took their time and wrapped visitors' butts and waists in vividly coloured tape, thus tailoring individual pieces of underwear. Separated from their initial model, the emerging objects were placed in all their size and form on high pedestals and raised to the status of sculptures. Later that evening, driven by curiousity, some of us dared to touch the exhibited underwear. The electric colour of the tape added to their almost surreal appearance. Each pair of underwear, unique and lavishly resting on display, also brought a smile to the people passing by the gallery, who didn't witness the process of their creation and had no idea how the objects showed up there.




lundi 13 septembre 2010

Reserved parking (France 2010)

Do you know that in big cities it has become difficult to find a place to park his car? most of the  car parks are often reseved parking. my art installation is talking about the problem of spaces in our urban societies today. the encrease of population has create a lack of places. fortunatly in the God house, there's place for everyone

dimanche 12 septembre 2010

boomerang (Yaoundé 2010)

Boomerang is a performance that cries out for help the environment that suffers from pollution. Boomerang is back to the sender o an object propelled. butlles and plastic bags that we dump on the nature fall on us one way or another. whoever spits in the air receives his saliva on his own face

sharing of love (japan 2008)

this proformance with my husband, serge olivier fokoua, is the proof of the highest expession of love between a man and his wife. the "NKUI", sticky sauce from Bamiléké people is at the center of this exchange. this traditional meal is eaten during pregnancy or after childbirth

translucent curtains (Yaoundé 2007)

from the simple thread of silk, i transformed slides into something quite different. that was the challenge of this installation. the slides that are usually used for screenings at conferences, are incorporated into my installation to take a new meaning.

vendredi 10 septembre 2010

CV

Identity
Name: Ruth Lois SIME FEUKOUA
Date of birth: december 1, 1976
Country: Cameroon
Occupation: visual art

Training
1995-1996: Institute of Fine Art Fraternity, Yaoundé, cameroon
2000: training course with the group Eyala Pegna 
2005: became member of the association "kamer pallets"

vice coordiantor of the RAVY festival, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
www.ravy2010.blogspot.com


workshops
2007: Yaoundé university faculty of art, workshop "avant g'art"
2007: Mbalmayo connection  art workshop, Mbalmayo, Cameroon
2009: cultural days at congo-village, Brazzaville, Congo

Exhibitions
1998- solo exhibition at the franco-cameronian centre in Bamenda
1999- solo show at DUCC home of Dschang
2004- group exhibition at the french cultural centre of Yaoundé
2005- solo exhibition at White Gallery in Douala
2006- solo exhibition at the RUSTIK HOME Yaoundé
2006- group exhibition at the RUSTIK HOME Yaoundé
2007- group exhibition at FOMARIC Douala, cameroon
2008- solo exhibition at MANGO VILLAGE Yaoundé, cameroon
2009- group exhibition at Yamabiko galery, fukushima, japan
2009- group exhibition at awale space, yaoundé, cameroon
2010- group exhibition at CRANE RESSOURCES  CENTRE, Millery, France

Festivals
2008- Aizu Art college performance festival, Fukushima in Japan.
2009- MAAC festival, Tokyo in Japan.
2010- RAVY festival, Yaoundé in Cameroon
2010- Summer of Arts in Auxois Morvan festival, France.

Awards
2007- best artist in the national competition of the wall art for the fight against AIDS 2009- award of  womam furum leadership, during the woman day in Yaoundé

Publications
* ART IN MOTION, document on new genaration of visuals artists in cameroon
* participate to the publication of the RAVY 2010 catalogue (Yaoundé Visual Art Reunion)