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7 August 2024

OCA supports three curators for Mondriaan Fund's Orientation Trip to Ghana and Ivory Coast

OCA is pleased to announce the three Norwegian-based curators who will attend the Mondrian Fund Orientation Trip to Ghana and Ivory Coast.

The purpose of the Orientation Trip is to provide an overview of the contemporary art scene in Ghana and Ivory Coast; meeting key local figures and introducing participants to future possibilities of exchange.

Applicants were selected through an open call, administered by OCA, that took place in June and July 2024.

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Hilde Herming

Hilde Herming grew up in Takoradi, Ghana and Norway. She holds film and media degrees from the University of Stirling, Scotland, and the University of Oslo, specialising in film from feminist and postcolonial perspectives. She is the initiator and editor of the ongoing project and book Fast Plass – Norwegian women on plinths (2017). Herming is a founding member of the Films from the South Festival in Oslo, and has extensive experience in communication and project management within key Norwegian art institutions. Herming has served as Arts Manager to the British Council in Norway and curated the «Over the Rainbow» exhibition at Preus Museum, Norway’s National Museum of Photography in the context of Queer Culture Year 2022. In 2023 she was the curator and museum manager at the National Women’s Museum, Norway. Currently, she is a cultural producer and curator, preparing projects for organisations such as Films from the South. Her interests include visual narratives of gender representation, public monuments and collective memory, fashion as a cultural phenomenon and the role of museums, art institutions and film in driving social change.

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Lara Okafor

Lara Okafor (they/them) is a writer, software developer, and curator. They are currently Fotogalleriet’s Curatorial Fellow ‘24-‘25. Lara is interested in Black Studies, prison abolition, speculative fiction, queerness, technology, and how those topics overlap. Lara has a BSc and MSc in Computer Science. They have written a thesis about digital security for queer people of colour, a short story (‘Sevenfold’) in the Norwegian sci-fi anthology ‘A Line Through Gravity’, and pieces published in Fett, Billedkunst, TrAP, and Samora Forum. They have also moderated conversations, and held workshops and talks at places such as Office for Contemporary Art (OCA), Kunsthall Oslo, MUNCH Museum, and Kunstnernes hus.

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Thomas Abercromby

Thomas Abercromby is a visual artist and curator based between Norway and the UK. He holds a BA in contemporary art practice from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. Central to both his studio and curatorial practice is the exploration of how micro-utopias can be created, spotlighting underrepresented histories and contemporary narratives that challenge and critique prevailing power structures within Western society. Thomas has held programme positions at institutions such as the Centre for Contemporary Art Glasgow and Glasgow Sculpture Studios. He is currently an Associate Curator at the Grand Union Gallery in Birmingham, where he leads the School of Abolition Programme. His collaborations span a range of organisations, including Goldsmiths CCA, Raw Material Company, Lux, Glasgow International, and The British Council. Photograph by Matthew Arthur Williams.

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