Artist conversations, CAP Prize & Special Exhibition
Artist conversations
We were especially curious what it means for the artists exhibited at photo basel/berlin, to be back at a physical fair after months of confinement. In addition, we asked them to highlight certain content, techniques and also inspiration of their respective oeuvres. All interviews were conducted during the fair in Berlin.
CAP Prize
The CAP Prize, the International Prize for Contemporary African Photography is awarded annually to five outstanding photographers. The CAP Prize is directed at photographers whose work engages with the African continent and/or its diaspora.
Initiated by Benjamin Füglister in 2012, the prize consists of global exposure at major international photography exhibitions such as at the IAF Basel - Festival for Contemporary Art in Basel, Switzerland. In previous years the CAP Prize winners exhibition on show at LagosPhoto Festival in Nigeria, at FIFCV Festival Internacional de Fotografia de Cabo Verde, Eyes On – European Month of Photography in Vienna, Austria or at the Bamako Encounters in Bamako, Mali, just to name a few. The five CAP Prize winners are annually invited to the main exhibition at the IAF Basel - Festival for Contemporary Art and spend one week in Basel. The laureates are invited to join the Edition POPCAP, an edition of limited fine art prints of the awarded series the A catalog documenting the five winners works is published in time for the award ceremony.
In a nutshell: CAP Prize raises the winners' international exposure and builds a high level network for future projects.
CAP Prize 2019 winners exhibition
The large scale outdoor exhibition will be shown as special exhibition at photo basel/berlin at the Airfield Tempelhof and it comprises works by the CAP Prize 2019 Jodie Bieber, Sanne de Wilde & Bénédicte Kurzen, Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo, Abdo Shanan and Jansen van Staden.
Furthermore, the winners of the CAP Prize 2020 will be announced during the Berlin Art Week at photo basel/berlin and POSITIONS Art Fair Berlin 2020.
CAP Prize 2019 winners exhibition at IAF Basel – Festival for Contemporary Art. Photo: Andreas Zimmermann
Special Exhibition “Navigations”
Navigations is the title of the special exhibition curated for photo basel/berlin 2020.
The concept of Navigations directly resonates with the current situation in which we have to deal with "waves" and renegotiate our positions and habits. With this exhibition and through a selection of artistic positions, we also would like to address the term's wider scope. Navigations is linked with exchanges, travels, explorations, unknown realms. It relates to the movements or connections between different entities, times, destinies. Navigations can thus be physical and metaphysical experiences. It can also be virtual and associated with the computing universe, as we navigate the Web.
