N’nonmiton in its singularity means "our mothers" in Fon language. It is a name associated to what is known as the Dahomey Amazons.
They were an all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey which lasted until the end of the 19th century.Presently it is the Republic of Benin.

What has been brought to you from the future is the fragment of the story of N’nonmitons; a plurality which symbolizes ‘the being of the edge of civilization’.
The members of such existence are advocates.
Promoter of unity, speakers of truths, defenders of justice, upholders of peace, seekers of great leadership, humility vindicators, equality protectors, and warriors of an ever-improving Africa…

NNONMITONS

WHAT IS ARTISTIC RESEARCH?

The phrase "art as research” seems not to be quite accurate, because it is not the art, which evolves into research but rather, it seems like it is research that becomes artistic - so it should be rather named "Research as Art", with the central question: When is Research Art?

At what times, in which phase can research be artistic? Could it be in the methods?
Such as searching, archiving, collecting, interpreting and explaining, modelling, experimentation and intervening?
Or rather could it be in the motivation or the inspiration?
Is it a reflection, a discussion, in the formulation of a research questions?
Could research become artistic through the conception and composition, through the implementation, the publication, the evaluation, or simply the manner of discourse?

At what stage does the reflection of artistic research take place?
Maybe in order to carry artistic research, the artistic experience is mandatory?

What does it mean to collaborate and engage in social dialogue?

It means to work jointly on an activity or project.

It means,
to create a dialogue an exchange and as well as a discourse.
Dialogues opens rooms for change and improvement.
It opens rooms for transformation and alteration.
Social dialogues make room for metamorphosis.

To employ artistic experience to inspire, what does it mean?

It means to engage people to feel the way you feel.

It means;
to engage people to go through an experience with you.
to engage people to understand how you feel.
to put the self in the shoes of the other and travel with them.
to be emotionally engaged and emotionally receptive.
to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.

ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE

ABOUT RESEARCH

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ALTEA NZIMA

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The AGENCY embraces the glorious nature of fighting women.
Their fight is a combat. It may not just be physical but rather, emotional, psychological or simply magical.
Projecting their identity onto all of the participants regardless of respective, nationalities, religious believes, race, gender, and sexual orientation, the project focuses on understanding how women nurture empowerment.
Therefore what is empowerment? What is an empowered woman?
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How do you see yourself participating?

How could an online platform influence the engagement of participating visual artist? What are possible means of interaction and how do such interaction influence one entity with the other?

To what extent could your interaction be of significance to the other? As one discovers each selected participant’s artist-statement and their stories, how do you think you could take part in nourishing engagement towards the growth of this agency?
Let us look at art in order to keep sane and nurture appreciation.

Art as an emblem of hope, throughout this journey some might find themselves less lonely; others will discover compassion and maybe love. Art will continue to fight the false optimism of commercial society. It might remind others that in every successful story resides confusion, distress and loneliness but with a bit of appreciation one can make a seed nurture and blossom enchantment.

Let us re-imagine how you can be along our side and how we can be along your side. to us and us being as a new opportunity-front to tackle new challenges. Let us create a space that embraces opportunity to set-forth new societal questions and initiate cutting-edge research practices that engages the African continent as well as the rest of the planet.

- Let us start today.

Sónia Barreiro

Kaja Mihajlovic

Anna ŁUCZAK

Eddie May

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Ana Suligoj

Camilla Gliozzi

Cecile Serres

Claudia Tenant

Lea Gahleitner

Kate Woods

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Ana Suligoj

MARIANNE C SANE