Kër Thiossane is a research, residency, creativity and training centre that promotes the integration of multimedia into traditional artistic and creative practices and seeks to support the cross-pollination of disciplines. It is also a cultural and multimedia space for the artistic and civic imagination, focusing on research into art and the new technologies, and their implications for our societies. Kër Thiossane works to ensure widespread access to multimedia and digital tools, especially in their creative dimension, not just for artists but for the local public, too. During events which are open to all, in a setting unlike that of a museum or a traditional exhibition, Kër Thiossane seeks to create a different type of relationship with art and multimedia ; since 2008, it has organised three editions of the Afropixel festival on the fringe of the Dakar Biennale. Kër Thiossane is also West Africa’s first artistic and cross-disciplinary educational laboratory for practices involving free digital technologies. It is a local platform for the exchange of hardware, software and skills that offers support and guidance to the owners of cultural, educational and citizenship projects across the continent.

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Person invited on the stand

Ndèye Mané TOURE

After a literary baccalaureate (philosophy, history and geography, and French), Mané studied management at the Institut Africain de Management (I.A.M. - Dakar), where she obtained a master’s degree in business administration, specialising in logistics and transport. She has been head of production at the Association Kër Thiossane since 2013. As well as being in charge of organising the Afropixel digital art festival, Mané is involved in the establishment and management of the Ecole des Communs, a project located in the district of Sicap.