Every academic year, S.M.A.K, Ghent University, and the Curatorial Studies
program at KASK & School of Arts collaborate to organize the Curatorial Lectures
series. This year's lecture series, featuring Aline Hernández as the third
speaker, centers on the theme 'Working with Communities'.
Curators connect communities with cultural institutions. They engage with
communities, ensure accessibility, address social issues, and build trust
between different stakeholders. This year’s series ‘Working with Communities’
invites practitioners to discuss the role of curating in shaping communities and
relationships. How can curatorial work reveal power dynamics and offer
alternative social imaginaries?
Biography
Yves Makongo, born in 1984 in Douala, Cameroon, currently serves as the Artistic
Assistant and Project Manager at the contemporary art center doual'art. He holds
a degree in human geography from the University of Douala, where he completed
his Master's in Environment in 2009. Yves is highly versatile, effortlessly
transitioning from hands-on tasks like woodworking to intellectually demanding
work involving new technologies.
Since joining doual'art in January 2011, Yves has gained extensive experience
working alongside Didier Schaub (1952-2014). His responsibilities include
assisting with scenography and exhibition setups, creating neighborhood
monographs, conducting questionnaire surveys, managing supplies, and overseeing
various projects. Yves has been instrumental in the success of two editions of
the public art festival SUD, organized by doual'art: SUD2013, Douala
Métamorphoses, and SUD2017, The Place of Human Dimension.
Yves Makongo is an alumnus of Asiko Addis Ababa 2016 and Asiko Accra 2017, where
he honed his curatorial skills. He is also an alumnus of The Museumslab in 2022.
Yves is passionate about various causes, including human rights, art and
culture, migration and boundaries, health and the environment, all intertwined
with issues of identity.
Past speakers in the Curatorial Lectures series have included Cosmin Costinas,
Cédric Fauq, Yolande Zola Zoli van der Heide, Simon Njami, Zoé Whitley, Ippolito
Pestellini Laparelli, Karen Archey, Cecilia Alemani, Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel,
Luca Lo Pinto, Joanna Mytkowska, Sofia Hernández Chong Cuy, Penelope Curtis,
Mathieu Copeland, Anthony Huberman, Jean-Hubert Martin, Chus Martínez, Gabi
Ngcobo, Marie Hélène Pereira, Susanne Pfeffer, Kasia Redzisz, Nicolaus
Schafhausen and Adam Szymczyk.
