ETHNOFLORENCE
INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN
FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS
September 17, 2022
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CURRENT EVENTS
Galerie Le Toit du Monde
INSTRUMENTS DE MUSIQUE SANTAL ET NEPALAIS
Photo credit of Tribal Art Magazine & Galerie Le Toit du Monde Paris
PANNEAUX DE PALANQUINS SANTAL
The exhibition is a tribute to Francois Boulanger et Francoise Bouhiere
Photo credit of Galerie le Toit du Monde Paris
In 2007 Gustavo Gili talked to me about the presence on the web of a new website where it was possible to view reproduced images of objects relating to Nepalese arts showed in recent or ongoing exhibitions. The website suggested to me by Gustavo Gili turned out to be the blog of Francois Boulanger. In those years the Internet began to spread information to an ever wider audience, but books and magazines still dominated the “market” of images (for a little longer).
That moment represented a sort of watershed between the old and new world of information.
So, if on the one hand I was always looking for new information, on the other I also wanted to start something on the web, dedicated to the popular arts of the Himalayas; without knowing exactly how and where.
Francois’ blogs, he had several, were at the time characterized by an orange background, and were dedicated to exhibitions of all the primary arts, as well as musical instruments. The fact that he particularly collected African “Sanza” made him known by that nickname.
I remember that after contacting him we started exchanging information, it was thanks to his encouragement, inspiration and suggestions that in May 2008 I started curating my Ethnoflorence blog on the same Belgian platform-Skynet.be, which hosted his blogs.
With Francois, and in a very “artisanal” way we published on our blogs (at the same time) in 2008 an online exhibition on Santal’s Banam. It was an ‘editorial’ experiment repeated on other occasions later, also with the support of the French site Detours des Mondes (for greater content sharing).
From 2009 with the spread of social networks, in particular Facebook, the ‘cultural’ role of the ‘blog-sphera’ gradually began to decrease, in addition to the taste of the public, increasingly oriented towards ‘fast’ ‘viasual’ news rather than ‘in-depth’ content ‘.
This led to the closure of Skynet first in Belgium, then in France and to the definitive migration of the surviving blogs to the wordpress platform.
When I saw the banner of the current exhibition, all these memories suddenly came back to my mind and I needed to write him a public thank you – so thank you Sanza for inspiring me, today as it was 15 years ago.
Photo credit of Marta Meozzi & Andrea Mordacci – Galerie Le Toit du Monde – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
Photo Credit of Tischenko Gallery – Sanza Arts Premiers 2008 – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
Photo Credit of Sanza Arts Premiers 2008 – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
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En 2007, Gustavo Gili m’a parlé de la présence sur le web d’un nouveau site où l’on pouvait voir des images d’objets relatifs aux arts népalais exposés dans des expositions récentes ou en cours. Après une recherche sur le web, j’ai découvert qu’il s’agissait des blogs de François Boulanger. Au cours de ces années, Internet a commencé à diffuser des informations à un public de plus en plus large, mais les livres et les magazines ont encore dominé le “marché” des images . Ce moment a représenté une sorte de ligne de separation entre l’ancien et le nouveau monde de l’information. Alors, si d’un côté j’étais toujours à la recherche de nouvelles informations, de l’autre j’avais aussi envie de lancer quelque chose sur le web, dédié aux arts populaires de l’Himalaya ; sans savoir exactement comment et où. Les blogs de François, il en avait plusieurs, étaient à l’époque caractérisés par un fond orange, et étaient consacrés aux expositions de tous les arts primaires, ainsi qu’aux instruments de musique. Le fait qu’il ait particulièrement collectionné les “Sanza” africaines l’a fait connaître sous ce surnom. Je me souviens qu’après l’avoir contacté, nous avons commencé à échanger des informations, c’est grâce à ses encouragements, inspirations et suggestions qu’en mai 2008 j’ai commencé à organiser mon blog Ethnoflorence sur la même plate-forme belge-Skynet.be, dans lequel il a publié ses blogs. Avec François, et de façon très “artisanale” nous avons publié sur nos blogs (en même temps) en 2008 une exposition en ligne sur le Banam de Santal. Il s’agit d’une expérience « éditoriale » répétée à d’autres occasions par la suite, également avec le soutien du site français Detours des Mondes (pour un plus grand partage de contenus). A partir de 2009 avec la généralisation des réseaux sociaux, notamment Facebook, le rôle « culturel » de la « blog-sphère » a progressivement commencé à diminuer, outre le goût du public, de plus en plus orienté vers l’information « rapide » plutôt que in -profondeur ‘ Cela a conduit à la fermeture de Skynet d’abord en Belgique, puis en France puis à la migration définitive des blogs survivants vers la plateforme wordpress. Quand j’ai vu la bannière de l’exposition en cours, tous ces souvenirs me sont soudain revenus à l’esprit et j’ai eu besoin de lui écrire un merci public – alors merci Sanza de m’avoir inspiré, aujourd’hui comme il y a 15 ans.
Photo Credit of Tischenko Gallery – Sanza Arts Premiers 2008 – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
Photo Credit of Sanza Arts Premiers 2008 – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
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Nel 2007 Gustavo Gili mi parlo’ della presenza sul web di un nuovo sito in cui si potevano visualizzare le immagini di oggetti relativi alle arti nepalesi (ma non solo) esibiti in mostre recenti o in corso , Dopo una ricerca sul web scoprii essere i blog di Francois Boulanger. In quegli anni Internet iniziava a a diffondere informazioni ad un pubblico sempre piu amplio, ma libri e riviste dominavano ancora il “mercato” delle immagini (anche se per poco). Quel momento rappresentava una sorta di spartiacque tra il vecchio e nuovo mondo della informazione. Allora, se da una parte ero sempre alla ricerca di nuove informazioni, dall’altra volevo avviare qualcosa anche sul web, dedicato alle arti popolari dell’Himalaya; senza sapere esattamente come e dove. I blog di Francois, ne aveva diversi, erano all’epoca caratterizzati da uno sfondo arancione, ed erano dedicati alle mostre di tutte le arti primarie, oltre che agli strumenti musicali. Il fatto che collezionasse particolarmente “Sanza” africane lo rese noto con quel soprannome. Ricordo che dopo averlo contattato iniziammo a scambiarci informazioni, è stato grazie al suo incoraggiamento ispirazione e suggermmento che nel maggio 2008 ho iniziato a curare il mio blog Ethnoflorence sulla sua stessa piattaforma belga-Skynet.be. Con Francois, e in modo molto “artigianale” abbiamo pubblicato sui nostri blog (contestualmente) nel 2008 una mostra online sui Banam dei Santal. Fu un esperimento ‘editoriale’ ripetuto in altre occasioni in seguito, anche con il supporto del sito francese Detours des Mondes (per una maggiore condivisione dei contenuti). Dal 2009 con la diffusione dei social network, in particolare Facebook, il ruolo ‘culturale’ della ‘blog-sphera’ iniziava progressivamente a diminuire, oltre a modificarsi il gusto del pubblico, sempre piu’ orientato per notizie ‘fast’ piuttosto che per contenuti ‘approfonditi’ . Questo determino’ la chiusura di Skynet prima in Belgio, poi in Francia e poi la definitiva migrazione dei blog sopravvisuti sulla piattaforma wordpress. Quando ho visto il banner della mostra in corso, tutti questi ricordi mi sono tornati in mente all’improvviso e avevo bisogno di scrivergli un ringraziamento pubblico – Quindi grazie Sanza per avermi ispirato, oggi come 15 anni fa.
Photo Credit of Tischenko Gallery – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
Photo Credit Sanza Arts Premiers 2008 – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
Photo Credit of Sanza Arts Premiers 2008 – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
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Photo Credit of Marta Meozzi & Andrea Mordacci – Sanza Arts Premiers 2008- Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
Photo Credit of Sanza Arts Premiers 2008 – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
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Photo Credit of Marta Meozzi & Andrea Mordacci – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
Photo Credit of Sanza Arts Premiers 2008 – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
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Photo Credit of Marta Meozzi & Andrea Mordacci – Sanza Arts Premiers 2008- Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
Photo Credit of Sanza Arts Premiers 2008 – Photo Composition by Ethnoflorence
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