Akwasi
Afrane

Awardee

Country

Ghana

Akwasi Bediako Afrane reexamines history through his artistic research.

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Themes
Environment / Climate emergency
Indigenous rights
Reexamining history
Disciplines
Artistic Research
Video Art
Visual Art
Awards
FELLOWS Award 2023
Building Beyond

Profile

Akwasi Bediako Afrane is an artist based in Kumasi, Ghana. Akwasi’s works explore the idea of augmentation and extensions between technological gadgets, humans, and the environment. He works with electronic gadgets which he refers to as “amputees”. Akwasi refashions and repurposes these amputees into machines and micro-organisms he describes as TRONS. These TRONS become potential platforms and media for reflection, engagement, and interactions. Stripped bare of their familiar housing, they become mechanical gizmos subsumed with the consciousness of previous owners of these gadgets and himself.