TGD
Since 2001 CAP organizes artistic exchange projects which take place in turn in three cities : Tambacounda, Geneva and Dakar. At this day, over 800 artists, art students and college pupils, from over 20 countries, took part in these projects. Designed under the name of TGD projects, these manifestations take place each year, and are considered by the CAP members to be an ongoing collective art work in permanent transformation since its first edition in 2001.

TGD9
The concept of TGD9 is similar to the precedent editions: encounters, exchanges, workshops, collective exhibitions and visits. TGD9 will bring together 16 confirmed artists from 7 countries and will take place from September 20 to October 17 2011 at the Villa Dutoit in Geneva. These dates coincide with the “Manifestation d’Art Contemporain” (MAC) which happens on 22 to 25 September 2011 in Geneva. A collaboration is being planned so that the invited artists can take part to the MAC and that the activities organised at the Villa Dutoit can be included in the MAC program.

Program:
- exhibition at the Villa Dutoit in Geneva (Opening septembre 22, 2011 at 06 pm),
- a workshop with young people at the foyer de Chevrens on septembre 26, 2011. TGD9 will also open up to a collaboration with the “Foyer des Chevrens” in Geneva. The objective is to give the opportunity to young people in facing a situation of social disruption to benefit from a privileged exchange with the artists. Sixteen young people from the centre will be invited to the Villa Dutoit for a guided tour of the exhibition and each artist will explain their work. A workshop is also planned during which each young will be coached by an artist in the creation of an art work.
- Concert: a lyric concert with two young swiss artists Mrs Priscille Laplace, soprano and Mr Fabrizio Chiovetta, piano on septembre 25, 2011 at 6pm at the Villa Dutoit.

Priscille Laplace et Fabrizzio Chiovetta

Objectives

One of the priorities which was at the origin of the TGD project, is to give the opportunity to artists from Tambacounda to connect to the national and international artistic networks. At this date, this objective has been achieved as it is to large extent artists from Tambacounda who have taken benefit from the opportunities created by CAP and the impact of the TGD projects is measurable. Many have made it to study at the National Academy of Fine Art in Dakar and/or have been given the opportunity to show their work in Dakar or Geneva in established galleries. Thus, they have been able to exchange and create contacts with other artists and art professionals. Through the TGD project, CAP tries to partially alleviate the absence of any cultural politics for fine arts in the provinces of Senegal, all being concentrated in the capital.
CAP also plays a special role in the possibility it offers to non-African artist to be exposed to the African continent art world. For all the artists taking part in the TGD project – but also for the public – the frame of each edition constitutes a privileged time and space to be immersed in a new cultural context.
The CAP is also engaged to favour South to South exchanges between artists, in particular for those coming from countries with pore or no cultural politics. To date, the economic obstacles for South to South exchanges is not negligible due to the constraints of flights not connecting these destinations directly. This absurd situation forces artists to transit through the North, which occurs into very high airfare costs.

The TGD9 21 artists:

Tova Beck-Friedman – USA / Sculpteur / Vidéo Bruce Clark – Angleterre / Peinture / Photographe Ai Takei - Japon / Céramique / Installation Mayu Koyama - Japon / Installation Raed Issa – Palestine / Peinture Frantz Jacques Guyodo – Haïti / Sculpteur Eric van Hove - Belgique / Installation / Performance Viyé Diba – Sénégal / installation / Peinture Soly Cissé – Sénégal / Installation / Peinture Barkinado Bocoum / Sénégal / Peinture Djibril André Diop – Sénégal / Sculpture Khalifa Ababacar Dieng – Sénégal / Peintre / Installation Eric Rihs – Jura – Suisse / Céramiste Thierry Feuz – Genève – Suisse / Peinture Ousmane Dia – Genève – Suisse / Sculpteur Michel Ludi – Genève – Suisse / Sculpture Juliard Alain – Genève – Suisse / Photographe / Musique Elisa Larvego – Genève – Suisse / Photographe / Film Igor Denegri – Genève – Suisse / Installation Hassane Sar – Lausanne – Suisse / Peinture sous-verre Momar Seck – Genève – Suisse / Peinture / Installation

Villa Dutoit pictures
5 chemin Gilbert-Trolliet
1209 Petit-Saconnex, Genève
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