ZCCD
ZIMBABWE CULTURAL CENTRE IN DETROIT’Smission is to educate, archive, & promote the arts & culture of Zimbabwe. We continuously strive to encourage strong ties between culture-producers & residents in Zimbabwe, Detroit, & abroad, acting as catalysts for critical artistic production as well as cultural exchange between communities.
EXCHANGE EXCHANGE
OLAYAMI DABLS (DETROIT)
with TAPFUMA GUTSA (ZIMBABWE)
NATE MORGAN (DETROIT)
with MASIMBA HWATI (ZIMBABWE)
CHRISTINA GALASSO (DETROIT)
with ZAMELA MUTEMA (ZIMBABWE)
MARIO MOORE (DETROIT)
with GARETH NYANDORO (ZIMBABWE)
with TAPFUMA GUTSA (ZIMBABWE)
NATE MORGAN (DETROIT)
with MASIMBA HWATI (ZIMBABWE)
CHRISTINA GALASSO (DETROIT)
with ZAMELA MUTEMA (ZIMBABWE)
MARIO MOORE (DETROIT)
with GARETH NYANDORO (ZIMBABWE)
2013
Visual artists from Zimbabwe and Detroit are paired up and correspond over a period of time. They share narratives with each other about their home cities learn about each others personal experiences in their home cities. Collaborating artists communicate via email and Skype, exchanging stories about their home cities.
The artists are tasked with producing a t-shirt design in response to what they have gleaned from the correspondence. The resulting designs are silkscreened to produce a consignments of memorabilia for Detroit and Zimbabwe.
▲ Tapfuma Gutsa sketching ideas having communicated with Dabls.
▲ Zanela Mutema
