Following the highly successful Preserving Mali’s Motion Picture Film Heritage project in 2023, we were excited to be working on the second phase, The Rehabilitation of the Archives Room of the National Center for Cinematography of Mali (CNCM) in Bamako, Mali. The film archives room of the National Center of Cinematography of Mali is an essential pillar in the preservation …

Circular. Rectangular. Triangular. Zigzags. Sitting and standing like a flock of visiting ancestral spirits, Janet Goldner’s Zigzags gather in silent assembly behind the Plus/Space gate. We can peer in at their hard three-dimensional bodies, dark with patina and age. An alphabet of abstraction.   These welded steel sculptures are inspired by the artist’s annual research trips to Mali over many years. …