{"id":142815,"date":"2015-08-12T12:38:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T12:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=142815"},"modified":"2015-08-12T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T12:44:00","slug":"kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwame Asante’s ‘Konko Cars’ to feature at #CHALEWOTE2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kw<\/a>ame Asante\u00a0has a remarkable attention to detail that makes his tin installations spectacular. Kenyan Writer Binyanvanga Wainaina thought his art \u201cprovoked a relevant imagination for a future Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"'Konko<\/a>
‘Konko Cars’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kwame Asante\u2019s work probes the concept of \u201crepetition\u201d and \u201cseriality\u201d which he considers as art and an essential part of life. Kwame draws quite a bit from printmaking and jean baudrillards orders of simulacrum (the order of sorcery). According to Kwame, his installations of milk tins implicate revolutions in industrial and artistic production.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are planned through digital simulation models. My process is approached through mechanical engineering strategies. I appropriate the idea of bamboo curtains which can be found in local chop-bars across the country and the idea of tin cars which evokes the bricolage children\u2019s toys that are popular in Ghana,\u201d he states \u201cThe medium that I\u2019ve been working with is milk tins because milk forms part of the daily breakfast ritual which a repetitive and serial process in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Kwame<\/a>
Kwame Asante’s exhibition at KNUST<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just like many other conceptual artists whose work questions existing issues or problems, the teaching assistant at KNUST\u2019s college of art says in his work he tries to question basic reality, originality and what it means to be authentic. African artists are buying into Ghanaian artist EL Anatsui\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0approach of using readily available material resources to create art. Artist like Akirash<\/a>, Ibrahim Mahama<\/a>,Serge Attukwei Clottey<\/a>, Cyrus Kabiru<\/a> and many others are creating magnificent art and installations with materials like jute sacks, electronic waste, paper and jerry cans.<\/p>\n

\"Kwame<\/a><\/p>\n

Kwame Asante is one of the new artists who will be putting up installations at the Chale Wote Street Art Festival this year.<\/p>\n

He had this to say about this year\u2019s theme:<\/p>\n

“African electronics is the energy that sparks the creativity in people to create new things. It is also a form of democracy that allows people to freely express themselves through their creation. It is our birth right\u2026 a fluid that moves and becomes a current. This current becomes energy both within and without; and this energy drives Africans to create and do the impossible. African Electronics is a form of liberation.”<\/p>\n

The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival is an alternative platform that brings art, music, dance and performance out of the galleries and onto the streets of James Town, Accra.<\/p>\n

#ChaleWote2015\u00a0Art Festival comes off from August 20 to 23 at Jamestown, Accra.\u00a0\u202a<\/a>It<\/span>\u00a0kicks off with film screenings and panel discussions at Nubuke in East Legon on the 20th and Dubois Centre on the 21st of August.<\/p>\n

\"Chalewote\"<\/a><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0accradotaltradio.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kwame Asante\u00a0has a remarkable attention to detail that makes his tin installations spectacular. Kenyan Writer Binyanvanga Wainaina thought his art \u201cprovoked a relevant imagination for a future Ghana.\u201d Kwame Asante\u2019s work probes the concept of \u201crepetition\u201d and \u201cseriality\u201d which he considers as art and an essential part of life. Kwame draws quite a bit from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":142816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[6,33],"yoast_head":"\nKwame Asante's 'Konko Cars' to feature at #CHALEWOTE2015 - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwame Asante's 'Konko Cars' to feature at #CHALEWOTE2015 - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kwame Asante\u00a0has a remarkable attention to detail that makes his tin installations spectacular. Kenyan Writer Binyanvanga Wainaina thought his art \u201cprovoked a relevant imagination for a future Ghana.\u201d Kwame Asante\u2019s work probes the concept of \u201crepetition\u201d and \u201cseriality\u201d which he considers as art and an essential part of life. Kwame draws quite a bit from […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-12T12:38:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-08-12T12:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kwame-Asante.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"788\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/\",\"name\":\"Kwame Asante's 'Konko Cars' to feature at #CHALEWOTE2015 - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-12T12:38:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-08-12T12:44:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kwame Asante’s ‘Konko Cars’ to feature at #CHALEWOTE2015\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kwame Asante's 'Konko Cars' to feature at #CHALEWOTE2015 - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kwame Asante's 'Konko Cars' to feature at #CHALEWOTE2015 - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Kwame Asante\u00a0has a remarkable attention to detail that makes his tin installations spectacular. Kenyan Writer Binyanvanga Wainaina thought his art \u201cprovoked a relevant imagination for a future Ghana.\u201d Kwame Asante\u2019s work probes the concept of \u201crepetition\u201d and \u201cseriality\u201d which he considers as art and an essential part of life. Kwame draws quite a bit from […]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2015-08-12T12:38:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-08-12T12:44:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":788,"height":590,"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kwame-Asante.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/","name":"Kwame Asante's 'Konko Cars' to feature at #CHALEWOTE2015 - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-08-12T12:38:03+00:00","dateModified":"2015-08-12T12:44:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/kwame-asantes-konko-cars-to-feature-at-chale-wote\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kwame Asante’s ‘Konko Cars’ to feature at #CHALEWOTE2015"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}