Vanessa Amoah Opoku

Vanessa Amoah Opoku (born 1991) is a German-Ghanaian interdisciplinary artist. Quote The notion from which I start every work is mostly, my desire to build worlds of comfort and resistance, worlds that give me agency and let me engrave stories The future does not just appear, it is created by us Do not feel like you have to accept whatever comes your way. A typical trap is doing something that does not pay a living wage and does not bring you joy Vanessa Opoku: Blending History, Technology and Marginalized Narratives within Mixed Realities 23 October 2023 With every conversation I have, every talk that I listen to, everything that I try out, my ideas change Shaping the landscape is the most interesting topic to me I feel that art can embody something and can create a physical experience We as human beings have to radically rethink the world and our understanding of it I don’t like to use the term nature so much because it’s everything and nothing, and ultimately nature doesn’t really care about us the basic need of humanity is to preserve a basis for existence If we accept that we need to create a world in which existence is pleasant for all living beings, we would totally rethink the system because right now its not working like that Ultimately our needs are [dependant on] other being’s needs It is just not efficient to make something for a small part of humanity and not for all We could have solved so many problems, cured so many diseases, if we could have combined all our resources — not only earthly resources but also brains, creativity, money (if we even need a monetary system at all) — if we could have combined them we could have lived and worked much better. Engraved Landscapes: In Conversation with Vanessa Opoku 19 May 2020 Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:People from Ghana