Goethe-Découverte 2023
Artist name: PCHORDS
Residence: Buéa
Show at the GI: 09.06.2023
Contact: fndoh4@gmail.com
Favour Afaah - Nyu Ndoh aka Pchords is a pianist and music producer who explores hip-hop, sound poetry, and film composition.
Pchords is convinced of the therapeutic virtues of musical sounds against certain psychic pathologies, and wishes to cure the ills of his audience through his music.
Artist name: Bboy Potassium
Residence: Yaoundé
Show at the GI: 05.05.2023
Contact: christianongba@yahoo.fr
Fabrice Hervé NDONGO, aka BBOY Potassium is a Cameroonian dancer who moves between several types of traditional and modern dance.
Best known as a break dancer specializing in power moves, footwork or passpass, six-step and b-boying, he has won numerous individual and group competitions.
Artist name: Carine Ebad Anwi
Date of Birth: 08.11.1994
Style: theatre
Residence: Buéa
Show at the GI: 08.09.2023
Contact: carineanwi82@gmail.com
Ebad Carine Anwi is an actress, scriptwriter, director, content creator and theater enthusiast. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts in the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at the University of Buea. She positions herself as the voice of the voiceless, in particular women victims of violence and gender discrimination.
Carine Ebad is both a critique of patriarchy and a promoter of Change so that women can decide their own destiny.
Artist name: Yougang
Residence: Yaoundé
Vernissage: 01.12.2023
Contact: laurianeyougang@gmail.com
Lauriane is a ceramist and painter preparing a master's degree in plastic arts at the University of Yaoundé I. She combines ceramics, acrylic on canvas, beading and weaving.
Her paintings often feature beaded reliefs, revealing various types of lines and concentric circles. Her art promotes African women, in cool and vivid tones.
For her, art is a matter of perception, an inner journey that questions our realities, dreams and states of mind
Artist name: Cæsar Baboule
Style: Soul, Jazz, Mokossa
Residence: Yaoundé
Show at the GI: 04.08.2023
Contact: Baboulev@gmail.com
Vladimir César Baboule Kwedi, alias Cæsar Baboule, has been singing with the gospel group Praise Act since 2019. His tenor vocal timbre allows him to explore the different genres of jazz, soul and blues. As an artist, he strives to enhance local cultures. In addition, he wants to build a world where love is at the center of concerns, in order to soothe sadness, heal wounds, break down prejudice and rehumanize human beings.
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Artist name: Jayce Tyh
Style: Slam
Residence: Yaoundé
Show at the GI: 07.07.2023
Contact: fonmekano@gmail.com
Jayce Tyh is an artist who draws inspiration from society in his creations. He relies on observation and research to feel the emotions present in society, which he expresses through verbal poetry or slam, in order to give hope to desperate people.
Jayce Tyh believes that the word, language, or words are abstract realities that carry power within them, and that words are inhabited by a powerful spirit. This spirit, sometimes called the inner voice, is so powerful that it influences our actions and behavior.
Artist name: Mr Isprime
Residence: Maroua
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Contact: isprimedesign@gmail.com
Ismael Bouba aka Mr. Isprime is a Cameroonian cartoonist who lives and works in Maroua. He holds a bachelor's degree in geography, a bachelor's degree in plastic arts and art history, and is continuing his teacher training at the Ecole Normale Supérieur de Maroua. His comics are characterized by a minimalist, caricature-like style, dominated by black and white colors, two-tier compositions, and uniform bold strokes. The artist uses fiction to deal with subjects inspired by the local context.