AdoAto presenteert Where There Is Light

Communitylid AdoAto Pictures nodigt de community van het Marineterrein uit voor de opening van de kunstinstallatie Where There Is Light op 19 oktober van 19.00 – 21.00 uur in de Westerkerk. De installatie maakt deel uit van ADE 2022 en is na de opening nog tot en met 22 oktober gratis te bezoeken in de Westerkerk.

AdoAto, opgericht door Tamara Shogaolu maakt interactieve media installaties, die thema’s behandelen als gendergelijkheid, anti-racisme en ecologie. Voor het AR project Un(re)solved ontving AdoAto een award van SXSW, een Emmy nominatie en een Gouden Kalf nominatie.

Tamara Shogaolu is an international director and new media artist focused on sharing intersectional stories across mediums, platforms, and virtual and physical spaces in order to promote cross-cultural understanding and challenge preconceptions. Shogaolu is the founder and creative director of Ado Ato Pictures. She is an international director and new media artist with a track record in featuring her work at film festivals, galleries, and museums worldwide, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the National Gallery of Indonesia. Her innovative approach to storytelling has led to sources like The Guardian and Vogue Magazine naming her a leader in the field of new and immersive media. She is a 2018 Sundance Institute New Frontier Lab Programs Fellow and a 2019 Gouden Kalf Nominee. Shogaolu is an artist interested in pushing herself and others around her outside the boundaries of traditional storytelling. She strives to share stories across mediums, platforms, and virtual and physical spaces in order to promote cross-cultural understanding and challenge preconceptions. She was a Burton Lewis Endowed Scholar for Directing at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, where she graduated with an MFA. Shogaolu was also a Fulbright Scholar in Egypt, a Luce Scholar in Indonesia, and an Academy Nicholls Fellowship Semifinalist.