Exhibition-event · Dak'Art Biennale 2024
Yaay Dund
Regenerating Life
An exhibition-event carried by DyTAES around the photographs of Raphaël Belmin, presented at the Monument de la Renaissance Africaine. The ARTS project, which I co-direct, contributed with a photo competition and a programme of art-science-society encounters.
Dates
13 Nov - 8 Dec
2024 · Dak'Art Biennale
Venue
Renaissance Africaine
Monument, Dakar - Senegal
Carried by
DyTAES
Photos by Raphaël Belmin (CIRAD)
My contribution
ARTS programme
Photo competition + activities
Yaay Dund is the Wolof translation for the concept of "mother nourisher".
The exhibition explores the deep links between art, science and society in the African agroecological landscape. Through Raphaël Belmin's photographic work and a rich programme of encounters - feminist roundtables, forum theatre, ciné-débat, participatory tours - it celebrates the women whose daily care feeds families, sustains ecosystems and carries forward agroecological knowledge.
The exhibition
Carried by DyTAES, around the photographs of Raphaël Belmin
Yaay Dund, Régénérer le vivant is an exhibition-event carried by DyTAES (Dynamique pour une Transition Agroécologique au Sénégal) and presented in the context of the Dak'Art Biennale of Contemporary African Art 2024.
At its heart, the photographs of Raphaël Belmin, agronomist and photographer at CIRAD, whose images plunge into Senegalese food systems and reveal the diversity of roles - particularly women's - in the living chain.
Photographer & coordinator: Raphaël Belmin (CIRAD) · Curator: Marie Thouvenot · Scenography: Myrtille Fakhreddine
My contribution · through the ARTS project
A photo competition and a programme of encounters
As co-director of the ARTS project (Agroecology for Resilient Territories in Senegal), I contributed to the Yaay Dund exhibition with two strands: a national photo competition opened to amateur and professional photographers in Senegal, and a programme of art-science-society encounters drawing on the project's research and partnerships.
Strand 1 · Photo competition
Three prizes, three perspectives
Grand Jury Prize · Documentary series
Marie Bop
A documentary series following women in the Sine Saloum region - literacy instruction, market journeys, rice cultivation.
Public Choice Prize
Elimane Diao
"A rather special moment in a woman's life" - pregnancy and childbirth, documenting sacrifice and courage.
Youth Photographer Prize
Yolenn Flaux
Female farmers practicing agroecology at GIE Batine Bah - Thionck Essyl, Casamance, April 2024.
Strand 2 · Activities programme
Art, science and society in dialogue
Over three days at the Monument de la Renaissance Africaine, the ARTS project programmed encounters that combined photography, video, forum theatre and roundtable dialogue around feminist agroecology.
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Nov 25 - Inna by Melokaan theatre company
Forum-theatre piece on gender-based injustices in rural contexts. Followed by a public discussion with feminist geographer Lise Landrin.
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Nov 26 - A Feminist Agroecology? roundtable
With Marie Thérèse Daba Sène, Laiti Ndiaye, Patrick Bottazzi and Lise Landrin, moderated by journalist Yunuça Gueye.
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Nov 27 - Participatory programme
Public speeches, ciné-débat and performative counter-guided tours.
Alongside the ARTS contribution, the wider exhibition included The Jambaars of Agroecology, a video series documenting individuals navigating agroecological transitions in Senegal.
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