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What is between right and left, the love and hate within a home, the sender and receiver of a letter, between human and robot, what is the middle area? How do we define it? Why does it exist? #InBetween #spaces #middle #liminal #contemporarynights #contemporaryart #contemporary #artcollective #exhibition #showcase #addisart #addis #addisababa #exhibitioncatalog #catalog #exhibitionposter (at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9oYHfYn28y/?igshid=5w70fvkhjepa

“I am not going to mention spears and guns, For I don’t fight like that. Instead of fists and kicks, I got words. My words, They show the angry woman you don’t see, Rapped in her fury, Towards those who mistreat her, And for those who treat her with pity.” artist @me.the.hippie #boundaries #contemporarynights #thirdedition #contemporary #contemporaryart #artcollective #curatorialpractice #curators #addisababa #movingexhibition #walkingpoetry #installationart #addiscontemporary #addisart #exhibitioncatalog #catalog #travelingpoetry #poetry #womenartists #womenwriters #womenpoets (at Italian Institute, Addis Ababa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9oW-aJHHQY/?igshid=ydbbhm0oda4e

You see a wet copy of Rilke’s letter’s to a young poet opened and placed on a typewriter. You see red rope tied around the typewriter. You see a small ceramic bowl, a broken ashtray put together with a tape, placed next to the typewriter. You hear a train of thought from the earplugs next to the typewriter. You hear a strained voice struggling to find words to say what it wants to say, failing to say it, finding new ways to say it. Are you supposed to respond to this voice? Do you have to write something down? Does the typewriter work or is it a relic of some sorts? Why is the book wet? And why is the ashtray holding water? artist @sunswimmers #boundaries #contemporarynights #thirdedition #text #textinstallation #rilke #poet #typewritter #water #contemporary #contemporaryart #artcollective #curatorialpractice #curators #addisababa #movingexhibition #walkingpoetry #installationart #addiscontemporary #addisart #exhibitioncatalog #catalog (at Italian Institute, Addis Ababa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9oWZjjnFaB/?igshid=y1pu9e7csiee

The stage set for Flaws in reflection is constructed with six people holding a mirror and reflecting sunlight towards the direction of the performer. Dawit imagined each light as a line connecting his body with different possibilities of existence. Within this premise he lets his body speak in various iterations of Ethiopian traditional dances to navigate passageways and choose a way or remain undecided amid elusive possibilities. artist @dived.cool #boundaries #performance #performingart #dancevideo #gambella #contemporarynights #thirdedition #contemporary #contemporaryart #artcollective #curatorialpractice #curators #addisababa #movingexhibition #walkingpoetry #installationart #addiscontemporary #addisart #exhibitioncatalog #catalog (at Italian Institute, Addis Ababa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9oVyPcnPhK/?igshid=7j1kpnut5z87

Egregna confronts the audience as they walk through the first of three barriers set up on route through CN#3’s exhibition space - two pairs of feet dangling between steps on stairway bordered by vertical rods. The feet to the calf are soaked in vibrant paint, still wet and dripping unto the newspaper laid down underneath. Emphasising the legs, the artists make visible the journey of a long day’s work. By overwriting the text on the newspaper with a pattern of paint, the artists share with us the anxiety in mistrusting mainstream information sources and warn us of the chaos that ensues as a result #boundaries #contemporarynights #thirdedition #contemporary #contemporaryart #artcollective #informationage #anxiety #culture #culturalexpression #curatorialpractice #curators #addisababa #movingexhibition #walkingpoetry #installationart #addiscontemporary #addisart #exhibitioncatalog #catalog artists @solo_look and @eyobyotor (at Italian Institute, Addis Ababa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9oVFbLngsV/?igshid=wryz438kf6o

Boundaries play different roles in our lives. They hinder, contain, restrict or revert. Bound- aries produce reactions from us as we encoun- ter them. At times we concede to their effect other times we resist their existence. As we navigate the boundaries placed on the course of this exhibition, we explore our yielding and revolutionary traits. #boundaries #contemporarynights #thirdedition #contemporary #contemporaryart #artcollective #curatorialpractice #curators #addisababa #movingexhibition #walkingpoetry #installationart #addiscontemporary #addisart #exhibitioncatalog #catalog (at Italian Institute, Addis Ababa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4cr4OOnCfR/?igshid=qruq3rqg6znj

A playful and poetic dance short performed by two strangers waiting for a bus. ‘Crossings’ charts the intimate journey of their two worlds colliding, touching global themes of migration and belonging. #crossings #contemporarynights #contemporaryart #contemporarydance #duo #duet #dynamicability #mentalhealthawareness #curatorialpractice #curators #addisart #exhibitioncatalog #catalog #videoart (at Alliance Ethio-française Addis Ababa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B39v5h9Hhlp/?igshid=1e4dv8lbvfne7

Tofa Desalegn’s video piece ‘Memories of Adwa’ was an all-rounded campaign reminding the current and future generations the importance of the Artist’s interpretation of Ethiopian identity. Tofa choreographed a dance inspired by the Adwa war integrating ballet and contemporary dance movements with superimposed pictures of fighters in war regalia. February 22, 2018 | @allianceethiofrancaise #crossings #contemporarynights #contemporarydance #ballet #adwa #emperormenelik #videoart #history #curatorialpractice #curators #addisart #exhibitioncatalog #catalog #digitalart #artinvitality (at Alliance Ethio-française Addis Ababa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3CmCX4nMhH/?igshid=170n9dsh5ouxk

Dawit Seto and Wondemagegene Mekonene dance together in a work-in-progress piece titled TRAPPED, examining human’s increasingly complicated relationship with technology. The performance somatically narrates the body’s dependence and resistance, desire and aversion to the digital age. February 22, 2018 | @allianceethiofrancaise 📸@mekbib_tadesse #crossings #contemporarynights #contemporaryart #contemporarydance #trapped #duo #duet #dynamicability #curatorialpractice #curators #addisart #exhibitioncatalog #catalog #digitalart (at Alliance Ethio-française Addis Ababa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2q4qbtHR3W/?igshid=1xzux6qyk1yat

ፊልም ብሎ ዝም [fīlimi bilo zimi] is a 7 minutes mime theatre set in a café. It’s a play of courtship with 4 actresses three of which portray men’s roles. Set against Workeneh Bezu Kassa’s paintings, the performance draws upon Parisian culture of Mime theatre visible in their thematic choice. February 22, 2018 | @allianceethiofrancaise 📸@mekbib_tadesse #crossings #mime #mimetheater #contemporary #contemporary_art #contemporarynights #curatorialpractice #curators #addisababa #addiscontemporary #addisart #exhibitioncatalog #catalog (at Alliance Ethio-française Addis Ababa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2g59C9HMLl/?igshid=m19ccdx89xbu

In CROSSINGS we are invited to experience the many faces of courage as these artists dare to traverse into new territories within the story of their art. A patriot treads heavily between the past and present realities of his country, fighting the tight grip memory has on his current perception. Within a well-crafted prank, we see a comedian struggle to communicate the sincerity of his request to his love interest. Trapped within the effects of technology two insurgent contemporaries transfigure their understanding of technology from being a crutch to an extension of their limb. February 22, 2018 | @allianceethiofrancaise #throwback #crossings #contemporarynights #contemporary #contemporaryart #artcollective #curatorialpractice #curators #addisababa #addiscontemporary #addisart (at Alliance Ethio-française Addis Ababa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ZUxxlnYba/?igshid=dh0yo2qfut1y

Set within an installation of mirrors, 'following light' መብራት አለ [mebirati āle] contemplates the contemporary Ethiopian disposition of immediacy and detachment using the reflection and refraction of light. Within the hurried and unpredictable path of crossing beams, Dawit Seto dances to find “the way” and invite the audience to witness his struggle and join in his search. As he looks for his reflection guided by words and melody, he also challenges the audience to find theirs within the space of this performance and beyond. #contemporarydance #dawitseto #performingarts #contemporarynights #followinglight #catalogue #contemporaryart #movement #mirror #light #addisababa #addisart https://www.instagram.com/p/B2RETcXn1Wh/?igshid=1putbqonlwoe1

Set in a barbershop, Liyagetu Temeletu, explores the relationship of a barber with his customer. Using humour, Yirga Terefe and Habtu Tewelde navigate the creation and dissolution of intimacies between strangers January 25,2018 | @goethe_addis #throwback #catalogue #mimetheater #humor #duet #barbershop #contemporaryart #performingarts #curatorial #movement #contemporarynights #addisababa #addisart https://www.instagram.com/p/B2G99ssHDx0/?igshid=1mi4hjtkkvapx

You are dancers, all of you. Life moves you, life dances you. To dance is to investigate and celebrate the experience of being alive. Like life a dance creates and destroys its self in every moment. Like love it is beyond reason. You write with your body in a wordless language that is deeply understood. Dancing is a ride, a beautiful duet between your instinct and imagination. When you dance you are profoundly engaged in being there. To dance is to feel the resonance of your life, to delight in your existence. Crystal Pite. a contemporary dance performance by @wales_ethiopia_dance guided by the beautiful text by @crystal_pite January 25, 2018 | @goethe_addis #throwback #dance #contemporarydance dance #danceart #addisababa #performingart #movement #curatorial #addisababa #addisart (at Goethe-Institut Addis Abeba) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2BnsVhHKbC/?igshid=1vikgkdv4u4ej

Are you curious about how Addis Ababa looks today in the eyes of her founder? አንቺ ደግ ሀገር [ānichī degi hāgeri] loosely translated as “an innocent country” is a 5-min. monologue performed by @birhanubinyam It is an adaptation of a script by @comedian_eshetu Melese narrating the return of Emperor Menelik II (1844 – 1913) to current day Addis Ababa – to reflect on the city dwellers’ contemporary lifestyle. January 25, 2018 | @goethe_addis #throwback #monologue #addisababa #emperor #emperormenelik #timetravel #contemporarynights #artinvitality #contemporaryart #contemporarytheater #performingarts #curatorial #addisababa #addisart #addiscontemporary https://www.instagram.com/p/B18fpEBH7Xc/?igshid=1qqmhn2lydvqj

MOVEMENT In this session of contemporary nights we explore ‘MOVEMENT’. We watch, hear, read as dancers photographers, writers, and filmmakers grapple with the concept of movement. Be it movement in time, or movement of the body on stage, or flight of a lover in a story we discover how artists from different media express then redefine our understanding of movement. January 25, 2018 | @goethe_addis cover photo credit @abdoul_mujyambere #throwback #movement #contemporary #contemporaryfineart #contemporarydance #artcollective #showase #poster #photography #writing #film (at ACE Conference) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1yfnIansdh/?igshid=14hoyj8okrg59