Ibrahim Mahama

Ibrahim Mahama

    Ibrahim Mahama is a Ghanian artist. He often works with found objects, transforming them in his practice and giving them new meaning. Mahama is best known for his practice of draping buildings in old jute sacks, which he stitches together with a team of collaborators to create patchwork quilts. Of the practice, Mahama says, “I used jute sacks because for me the history of crisis and failure is absorbed into the material. Their history speaks of how global transactions and capitalist structures work. And because how their humbleness contrasts with the monumentality of the buildings they cover.” He grew up in a polygamous family, and once noted that his collaborative nature could be a result of this unique environment.

Born in Tamale, Ghana in 1987, Mahama received his MFA in Painting and Sculpture from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, in Kumasi, Ghana in 2013. He lives and works in Tamale. Mahama was the youngest artist featured in the first Ghana Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale, where he created a bunker-like space made out of the mesh used to smoke fish and filled it with references to Ghana’s history. Mahama has had multiple solo installations in Accra and Kumasi, as well as solo exhibitions in Dublin, Michigan, and at White Cube in London.

is an artist run project space, exhibition and research hub, cultural repository and artists’ residency. SCCA Tamale is an initiative of world-renowned Ghanaian artist, Ibrahim Mahama, as a contribution towards transforming the contemporary art scene in Ghana. The SCCA-Tamale team intends, with its diverse programming and research interests, to spotlight significant moments in Ghanaian and international art in a communal space. Affiliated to blaxTARLINES KUMASI, the Centre is operated by committed, dedicated and generous persons who produce critical discourse that will eventually be disseminated through exhibitions, publications and allied activities. SCCA-Tamale is dedicated to art and cultural practices which emerged in the 20th Century and inspire generations of artists and thinkers of the 21st Century and beyond.

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Ibrahim Mahama

 “I used jute sacks because for me the history of crisis and failure is absorbed into the material. Their history speaks of how global transactions and capitalist structures work. And because how their humbleness contrasts with the monumentality of the buildings they cover.”

ALIA AWARDS

AILA reveals winners of Landscape Arch Awards 2020

     The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has revealed the winners of the 2020 National Landscape Architecture Awards in its first ever virtual awards program.
AILA recognised 46 winners across 15 categories for exceptional practice, validating talent, commitment, and design excellence.
Among the total winners, 13 Awards of Excellence were delivered, acknowledging the most significant of work for advancement in landscape architecture.
AILA CEO Ben Stockwin says AILA was pushed to explore a new and creative way to deliver the Awards announcements virtually following COVID-19 event implications.“The pandemic brings many challenges but also presents an abundance of opportunities for landscape architects, so it was important that we were able to hold the Awards this year, to encourage innovation and excellence in built and natural environments, as we do each year,” Stockwin says.

The fostering of awareness and recognition was crucial to the Landscape Architect industry this year.

 as the continuation of organisational rituals and traditions are more important than ever to maintain peer support through this time of emotional need.

“We were thrilled with the submissions that we’re received this year, and despite the global pandemic, the State and National Awards saw record-number submissions, which just highlights the importance of our public spaces in a time such as now.”
Stockwin says the Jury was pleased to see diversity and equity were consistent themes throughout the Awards this year.
“We were particularly delighted in the strong presence of work that involved true indigenous involvement and outcomes, work that catered for the disadvantaged or less able in society, and the strong representation of small space and gardens. The Jury has recognised a handful of true standout projects in this space.”
A hero in its category which recognises significant and in-depth inclusion of cultural values and knowledge, North Gardens Sculpture Park Landscape Master Plan received the Cultural HeritageAward of Excellence.
The collaborative force of Mandy Nicholson of Tharangalk Art, Glenn Romanis and Isobel Paton of BASALT Art Landscape Sculpture David S. Jones of Deakin University produced a strong consultation process with traditional custodians with Wadawurrung concepts of nurturing, healing, learning, sharing and cultural relationship building.

A Landscape Architecture Award in the Cultural Heritage category was also received by UDLA for its work in producing the University of Western Australia Cultural Heritage Mapping.

Assessing amazingly diverse work from different sectors and scales of practice, Sue Barnsley Designs took out the Award of Excellence in Small Projects for its Mahon Pool Amenities project which the jury described as a simple yet memorable project which speaks of profound respect for its sublime coastal surrounds.
Three Landscape Architecture Awards in the Small Projects category were awarded to Openwork PtyLtd for the RMIT Building 100 Pedestrian Improvements, the city of Marion for First Avenue Reserve and to SBLA Studio for System Garden Rainforest Boardwalk.
Five projects received awards under the Gardens category, representing the most awards presented under a single category.

Taking out the Award of Excellence for Gardens, the Arkadia Apartments project by OCULUS
illustrated the role a garden plays in connecting residents.
The project proved great thought leadership in the design and realization of a productive, human-centric, high performing garden in high-density urban living.
Landscape Architecture Award-winning projects in the Gardens category include Clifftop Garden by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture, Nightingale 2.0 by SBLA Studio, Domic by James Birrell Design Lab and 320 George Street by Fiona Harrisson and Simon Ellis Landscape Architects.

“Collectively, this year’s recipients continued to demonstrate and advocate the demand for
excellence in landscape architecture, in both built and natural environments, that is essential to
Australia and its people,” says Stockwin.

published in : aila.org.au

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    The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has revealed the winners of the 2020 National Landscape Architecture Awards in its first ever virtual awards program.
AILA recognised 46 winners across 15 categories for exceptional practice, validating talent, commitment, and design excellence.

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