10:10
Photo: hosted the first 10:10 of 2021 on 24 Feb. This time 10:10 has gone online! This allowed us to welcome participants and responders from around the world at a time where the Covid-19 pandemic has made online encounters essential. 10:10 is an invitational ice-breaker session which uses a presentation and feedback format. 10 photographers are given no more than ten minutes to present their work, followed by 15 minutes of feedback from peers and invited responders. Invited responders were Rishi Singhal of the National Institute of Design in India, and South African- American artist Thenjiwe Nkosi, along with Photo: director John Fleetwood.
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Respondents:
Thenjiwe Nkosi was born in 1980 in New York. She was raised there, in Harare and Johannesburg, where she now lives. She obtained her BA from Harvard University (2004) and her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York (2008). Nkosi divides her time between studio work, performance and navigating the field of art as social practice. Her first solo exhibition, Gymnasium, took place at Stevenson, Johannesburg. Image ©Akhona Kenqu
Rishi Singhal is leading the masters programme in Photography Design at the National Institute of Design, India. He received his education from the Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology, Ahmedabad (1998), Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY (2002-03), and the College of Visual & Performing Arts at Syracuse University, NY (2005).
John Fleetwood (b. 1970, South Africa) is a photography curator, educator and director of Photo:; a multi-operation platform for the development and promotion of socially engaged photography work, projects, photographers and critical visual culture. He recently curated ‘Intimacy and Resistance’ (part of the Photobook Week Aarhus, Denmark, 2020)’, ‘Five Photographers: A tribute to David Goldblatt’ exhibited in various cities including Johannesburg, Maputo, Bamako (2018-2019); ‘Amongst other things’ (Mindelo, Cape Verde 2019). In 2017, he was guest editor for Aperture’s Platform Africa edition. From 2002-2015 Fleetwood was the director of the Market Photo Workshop. He lives and works in Johannesburg.
Posted 03/03/2021