ABAAMD (As Below, As Above My Dreams)
Clinton Kabena
In his work, Clinton Kabena shows different realities that exist side by side in the world, inspired by stories of African migration, in which the will to survive and journeys to an unknown future clash with new worldviews. The journey through life is full of crossroads and expectations that can come your way: an eternal, collective journey where every moment can mean a new turn. With the tight tying of the car, the artwork symbolizes how we as humans always limit and try to ward off expectations and misunderstandings. The car is a memory of old times, driving around the neighbourhood when friends got their first driver's license, and a symbol of the journey to a new life.
Photography: Florian Landewee
photography artist portrait: Clinton Kabena
ABAAMD (As Below, As Above My Dreams) was commissioned by Alluminous Light Art Festival.
About the artist
Clinton Kabena, born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and raised in Almere, is a visual artist who previously showed his work at Into the Great Wide Open, Lowlands, during Floriade in the art Labyrinth of Kunstmuseum M., in the Amsterdam Museum and The African Center in London. His spectacular installations focus on questions about the human journey through today's geopolitical reality.
Credits
- Light technique
- Martin Kaffarnik
- Assistant
- James Bergwijn
- Artwork photography
- Florian Landewee
- Photography artists' portrait
- Clinton Kabena