(Re)covering in Movement
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| Date | 05.02.26 |
| Time | 8:30pm–9:30pm |
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| Admission | $1–10 Sliding Scale |
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(Re)covering in Movement is a selection of experimental videos from Ethiopia’s Addis Video Art Festival (AVAF).
Curated by artist, curator, and educator Betelhem Makonnen, who also serves as one of AVAF's curators, the program brings together video artists with a shared inquiry:
How do we endure loss and transformation, and find grounding amid chaos?
Ethiopian artists including Helina Metaferia, Mulugeta Gebrekidan and Kibrom Gebremedhin, explore tensions of movement and stillness, belonging and estrangement as their capital city, Addis Ababa, displaces over a quarter of its residents into new neighborhoods. In parallel to this displacement, artists Jessica A. Rodriguez, Shubhangi Singh and Riikka Haapasaari among others, grapple with contemporary crises—wars, economic collapse, climate apocalypse—asking if art can recover our stories and be a healing device.
As Makonnen notes, while these artists adjust and re-adjust the lens, movement and grounding become essential processes of daily life; framing and reframing turn into an effort to heal and recuperate.
