Ange-Frederic Koffi
Ange-Frederic Koffi, Kabakrou, 2022. © Ange-Frederic Koffi
‘I often create bits of space, pieces of space that suggest a larger whole. I am fascinated by the home and the different elements that make it up. The house is a physical space that reflects our internal world, says Gaston Bachelard. My work is the result of a reflection on the intimate space that can be a house or a habitat.’
Ange-Frederic Koffi
Ange-Frederic Koffi, Arm, 2016. © Ange-Frederic Koffi
Astrid’s Land, 2017. © Ange-Frederic Koffi
‘Between image and object, my research tries to build an intimate and poetic geography that seeks to capture the state of grace of the journey. Moments of pause in a continuous displacement, my works have a temporality both furtive and meditative. Somewhere between the Ivory Coast, Senegal and Niger, my images capture what could have been only a reflection, a movement, a promise.’
Ange-Frederic Koffi
About Ange-Frederic Koffi
Steering Wheel, 2020. © Ange-Frederic Koffi
Ange-Frédéric Koffi was born in Korhogo, in the north of the Ivory Coast. His work explores the complex articulations of movement, travel and wandering within the history and practice of photography. He applies contemporary postcolonial reflections through various forms and devices in the public sphere to generate a social impact. His practice freely crosses disciplines as diverse as political history, exhibition history, anthropology and design. A graduate of the Sorbonne, the Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin (HEAR) and the Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL), Ange-Frédéric was recently nominated for the FOAM 2022 awards (Amsterdam) and has just completed a residency at Zeitz Mocaa (Cape Town).
Sira ban yôrô, 2017. © Ange-Frederic Koffi