How do we reflect on the importance of care and community within a globalised world? Artist Karl Ohiri speaks with Bindi Vora about the process of producing his new commission for our Care | Contagion | Community — Self & Other project.
Banner image: Works from Karl Ohiri's commission Equation for Humanity, 2020. Digital Black & White Fibre-Based Gloss Prints, each 12 x 16 inches. © and courtesy the artist. Commissioned by Autograph for Care | Contagion | Community – Self & Other: 1) I, 2020. 2) +, 2020. 3) U, 2020. 4) =, 2020. 5) US, 2020.
Images on page: 6 and 7) Archival clamshell box for housing the stones and photographic prints. Archival Box made by Riikka Kassinen / Designed by Riikka Kassinen & Karl Ohiri. Dimensions: L 53.8cm W 32.3 cm D 4.5 cm.
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