Cameroon 2024
The project celebrates in those who have had to leave their community in search of work, attention, and perhaps success elsewhere.
Title: Nemo propheta in patria
Commissioner: Serge Achille Ndouma
Curators: Paul Emmanuel Loga Mahop, Sandro Orlandi Stagl
Artists: Jean Michel Dissake, Hako Hankson, Kendji & Ollo Arts, Patrick-Joël Tatcheda Yonkeu, Guy Wouete, Angelo Accardi, Julia Bornefeld, Cesare Catania, Adélaïde Laurent-Bellue, Franco Mazzucchelli, Rex and Edna Volcan, Giorgio Tentolini, Liu Youju
The project celebrates in those who have had to leave their community in search of work, attention, and perhaps success elsewhere. Millions of migrants have faced this situation in all epochs, and it can be said that no nation has been spared, either for fuelling this phenomenon or for suffering from it.
The Latin saying “Nemo propheta in patria” (No one is a prophet in their land) highlights the circumstance that rarely does a person enjoy prestige and recognition in the place where they were born and where everyone knows them.
On the contrary, it is more likely to happen elsewhere, among strangers. In this context, a prophet is simply a person misunderstood by their contemporaries and compatriots because of their dissonant nature.
OPENING TIMES:
Apr 20 – Sept 30 Tue – Sun, 11am – 7pm
Oct 1 – Nov 24 Tue – Sun, 10am – 6pm
ADDRESS
Palazzo Donà delle Rose, Fondamente Nove, 5038
