LucFosther Diop

**Lucas Fotsing Takou** (amụrụ n'afọ 1980), nke a maara dị ka **LucFosther Diop**, bụ onye Cameroon na-ese ihe, onye na-eme ihe nkiri, onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye ọchụnta ego. Dị ka onye na-ese ihe, a maara ya nke ọma maka eserese ya, collages, arụmọrụ na ihe nkiri na-enyocha mmetụta na-aga n'ihu nke ọdịda anyanwụ neocolonialism na imperialism n'ime ọnọdụ nke oge a nke ụwa.
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## Mmalite ndụ na ọrụ
A mụrụ LucFosther Diop na 1980 na Douala . Mgbe ọ dị obere na-enwe mmekọrịta siri ike karịsịa ya na nna ya, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na asaa, o si n'ụlọ ezinụlọ ya dị na Douala kwaga n'ụlọ nwanne nna ya nọ na Bafoussam (mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ nke Cameroon) ebe o nwetara diplọma ya nke sekọndrị na 2000. Mgbe ahụ, ọ gara mụọ nka na Yaoundé ebe ọ nwetara nzere bachelọ nke nka na Mahadum Yaounde 1 na 2003. Mgbe ọ nwetasịrị onyinye site na Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs na 2009, ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ afọ abụọ na Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten na Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Ọ bụ onye mbụ na-ese ihe na-erite uru site na onyinye obibi na ArtBakery (Bonendale, Douala, Cameroon) na 2003, na MTN Cameroon Foundation (Douala) na 2007 na nyocha nka dijitalụ na mmepụta Unesco-Aschberg award maka French Africa na 2013.

Diop gosipụtara ọrụ ya n'oge 3rd OK Video International Festival, National Gallery of Indonesia na Jakarta (2007), World One Minute Video, Today Art Museum na Beijing (2008), 2nd Thessaloniki Biennial (2009), International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) 2010, PHotoEspaña (2011), Havana biennial (2012) na 18th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil, 2013.

## Ọrụ
LucFosther Diop malitere ime eserese na oghere nke akwụkwọ ya n'efu na ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị dị ka ihe ntụrụndụ. Ọnọdụ ezinụlọ ya siri ike na-etolite n'ime ya àgwà ịnọ naanị ya siri ike. Ọ naghị enwe mmetụta nke igwu egwu dị ka ụmụaka ndị ọzọ ma na-etinye oge ya n'ịgbalị imepụtagharị ihe oyiyi ndị dị gburugburu. Mgbe o nwetasịrị nkwado ego nke onye isi ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ya na 1993, ọ zụtara agba, brushes na ngwaọrụ ndị ọzọ maka ndị mbido. Mgbe ahụ malite ime eserese, ifuru na odida obodo n'ụzọ ezi uche dị na ya. LucFosther nọchitere anya ụlọ akwụkwọ ya na mahadum ọtụtụ oge na asọmpi nka n'etiti 1995 na 2003. Ọ malitere n'ezie ịbịakwute ngwá ọrụ ihe nkiri. na ArtBakery ebe ọ mụtara ọtụtụ ihe banyere nka nke oge a wee malite ịzụlite usoro ya dị ka onye na-ese ihe. Taa, na-akwado echiche uri, LucFosther Diop na-emepe ọrụ nyocha banyere ọchịchị na ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya, na mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya, ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, ọdịbendị, akụkọ ihe mere eme, mpaghara, akụ na ụba na obodo mepere emepe. Nnyocha a dabere na nnwale dijitalụ na mgbasa ozi site na foto, collage, eserese, vidiyo, ntinye aka na-adịghị adịte aka, arụmọrụ vidiyo, akwụkwọ emegharị na faịlụ ndị a hụrụ na weebụ na ntụgharị nke ihe ọdịnaya ha pụtara. Ọ na-akpọ ọrụ ndị a "virtual made" ma ọ bụ  ma nwee obi ụtọ n'ezie na ọrụ Marcel Duchamp, Alfredo Jaar, Olga Kisseleva, William Kentridge, Mona Hatoum, Pascal Kenfack, Goddy Leye, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Youssou Ndour na Richard Bona. LucFosther Diop bụ otu n'ime ndị na-ese ihe na ihe nkiri 'OF AMSTERDAM' nke Catarina Neves Ricci duziri n'afọ 2012.

## Ọrụ ndị a họọrọ / ihe ngosi

* 'The Southern Panoramas International Contemporary Art', São Paulo, Brasil, 18th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil, 2013.
* 'Sanaa ya Makaratasi - African Paper Art: Process, Substance and Environment', Nairobi National Museum, Nairobi, 2012.
* 'Art Practices and Social Imaginaries', 11 Havana biennial, Havana, 2012.
* 'Face Contact. Portrait and Communication', Iberia Art Center, Beijing, 2012.
* 'Face Contact. Portrait and Communication', Teatro Fernán Gómez, PHotoEspaña-International Photography and Visual Arts Festival, Madrid, 2011.
* 'Modernité + Résistances/Aux souffles du Monde', 3rd World Festival of Black Arts, Dakar, 2010.
* 'A Media Lab in Africa', 16th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, 2010.
* 'Ceci produit Cela', Espace Doual'art, Douala, Cameroon, 2010
* 'Open Studio 2010', Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, 2010.
* 'Open Studio 2009', Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, 2009.
* 'Identity:Imagined State', Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, 2009.
* 'Premier Festival International d' Art Contemporain', Museum of Modern Art of Algiers, Algeria, 2009.
* 'Traits Complices', Galerie Beatrice Binoche, Saint Denis-La Reunion, 2009.
* 'Ongekeng Young masters@action', Hendrikkade 33, Amsterdam, 2009.
* '2nd Thessaloniki Biennial of Contemporary Art', State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2009.
* 'The World One Minutes Videos', Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2008.
* '3rd Jakarta International Video Festival', National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, 2007.
* 'Art Convention', Signature Gallery, Douala, 2005.
* 'Ọpụpụ', Espace Doual'art, Douala, Cameroon, 2004.
* 'Aesthetic of the Reduced Form', Goethe Institut, Yaoundé, 2001.
* 'Portes ouvertes', Espace Doual'art, Douala, Cameroon, 2000.

## Ihe nkiri / vidiyo ndị a họọrọ

* 'Around and Around', HD, 6', 2005–2014.
* 'Game of Hope', HD, 4'54', 2007–2014.
* 'Inner Transition', HD, 1', 2007–2014.
* 'From the shadow ship to the sky ship', HD, 2013.
* 'Oops-sessions', HD, 2013.
* 'Vitruvian World', HD, 1', 2010.
* 'Flying Hand Flags', HD, 2'23, 2010.
* 'Anyị bụ Otu', HD, 5'38', 2009–2010.
* 'Attitudes', HD, 5'10', 2009–2010.
* 'Ma Danse Bafia', HD, 1', 2007.
* 'Introversion', HD, 2'52', 2007.

## Ihe nrite

* FAAP Residency Award, The Southern Panoramas International Contemporary Art, 18th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil, 2013.
* UNESCO / Aschberg Award, CALQ na Ville de Québec Grant, LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE, Quebec, 2013.
* Rijksakademie Residency Scholarship, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ICE), Amsterdam, NL, 2010.
* Rijksakademie Residency Scholarship, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs /DCO/IC, Amsterdam, NL, 2009.
* MTNC Foundation Residency Grant, MTNC Foundation, Douala, Cameroon, 2007.
* EXITOUR Travel Grant, Art Moves Africa, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.
* Portfolio Program Residency Grant, ArtBakery, Douala, Cameroon, 2003.
* UNIFAC Third Prize (Painting), University Festival of Arts and Culture, Buea, Cameroon, 2002.
* FOMARIC First Prize (Painting), Foire Musicale Artistique Industrielle et Commerciale, Douala, Cameroon, 1997.
* FOMARIC Second Prize (Painting), Foire Musicale Artistique Industrielle et Commerciale, Douala, Cameroon, 1996.

## Ndetu

* https://web.archive.org/web/20160709141059/http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/southern-panoramas-winners-announced/
* http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=article&no=11709
* https://web.archive.org/web/20211020155048/https://ccalagos.org/archive/identity-an-imagined-state
* http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=47878#.UeIgLY7WSIQ
* https://web.archive.org/web/20190527201322/https://www.rijksakademie.nl/NL/kunstenaars/alumni?list=D
* https://web.archive.org/web/20220527195257/https://mama-dz.com/art-algerie/artistesDetails/67
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160801001644/http://www.isea2010ruhr.org/conference/tuesday-24-august-2010-dortmund/workshop-a-media-lab-in-africa
* http://ruangrupa.org/home/archive02.html

## Njikọ mpụga

* LucFosther Diop's official website

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