Arcilla Baney:
conectando con mi tierra a través de la tierra
The third iteration of the Baney Clay project for the exhibition
Derecho a la vida. Miradas ecofeministas en el arte ecuatoguineano.
In April 2023 I went back to Equatorial Guinea. My second time there since our first trip in 2020. Little did I know then that the clay I collected and brought over to London would travel back to EG to be exhibited there.
In October 2024 opens Derecho a la vida. Miradas ecofeministas en el arte ecuatoguineano — an exhibition curated by Agnes Essonti Luque for the Spanish Cultural Centres in Bata and Malabo. A project aiming to give visibility to and legitimise the labour of the Equatoguinean women in the context of the current, most worrying global challenges: the climate and eco-social crisis and the loss of women’s herstories.
The trip to 2023 was very magical as I embodied the connection to EG I had been developing through clay. “Once there, the gap finally closed. I felt that connection and deepened it.” I wrote on a blog entry about the trip. This exhibition will allow me to connect further, not only with the land, but with its women.
Here you have some photos of the pieces that will travel back with me!
B27. 100% Porcelain + Baney Clay, unprocessed
B28. 90% Porcelain + 10% Baney Clay
B29. 75% Porcelain + 25% Baney Clay
B30. 75% Porcelain + 25% Baney Clay
B34. 75% White Stoneware + 25% Baney Clay, unprocessed
B31 & B32. 1/3 Porcelain + 1/3 White Stoneware + 1/3 Baney Clay
B35. 50% White Stoneware + 50% Baney Clay, unprocessed
B33. 90% White Stoneware + 10% Baney Clay + grog
B36. 25% White Stoneware + 75% Baney Clay + grog
