{"id":8534,"date":"2026-10-13T21:58:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=8534"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:58:45","slug":"the-gulf-of-guinea-speaks-art-intervention-marks-world-maritime-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=8534","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Gulf of Guinea Speaks\u201d Art Intervention marks World Maritime Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of activities to mark the 2026 World Maritime Day and the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Danish Maritime Security Program for the Gulf of Guinea, the Royal Danish Embassy Accra presented \u201cThe Gulf of Guinea Speaks\u201d, a site\u2011specific art intervention held at the Ambassador\u2019s Residence in Accra.<\/p>\n

Under the theme \u201cFrom Policy to Practice: Powering Maritime Excellence\u201d, three commissioned artworks brought human \u2011 centered creative perspectives to the diplomatic maritime\u2011security discussions.<\/p>\n

Curated by Fang\u202fWang (Fang\u202fW.\u202fLinulf) and Ess\u00e9\u202fDabla\u2011Attikpo, the show featured Ghanaian artists Patrick\u202fTagoe\u2011Turkson and Emmanuel\u202fAggrey\u202fTieku alongside a large\u2011scale floor work by Fang\u202fW.\u202fLinulf.<\/p>\n

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Tagoe\u2011Turkson repurposes beach\u2011collected plastic flip\u2011flops for mixed\u2011media assemblages addressing marine waste and coastal heritage.\u202fAggrey\u202fTieku builds monumental installations from salvaged second\u2011hand textiles to interrogate waste colonialism and global\u2011trade pollution.\u202f<\/p>\n

Fang\u2019s 100\u202fsqm floor print merges ocean imagery and maritime geographic data, letting visitors physically stand upon mapped Gulf\u2011of\u2011Guinea ocean geography.<\/p>\n

Moving beyond official reports, the art intervention used sensory visual storytelling to highlight ocean ecology, coastal\u2011community realities and the human side of maritime governance for attending diplomats.<\/p>\n

Co \u2013 curator and artist Fang\u202fW.\u202fLinulf mentioned that visitors literally walk across the ocean on my floor print whilst abstract maritime data becomes something bodily and immediate.<\/p>\n

She further stated that \u201cpolicy builds frameworks for maritime security, yet art uncovers the human and material stories often missing from official documents.\u202fWe wanted delegates to feel, not only read, the realities of the Gulf of Guinea coast.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u202fEss\u00e9\u202fDabla\u2011Attikpo, also a co\u2011Curator \u201cThe Gulf of Guinea Speaks\u201d stated that \u201cwaste arriving on our shores is not just an environmental problem.\u202fIt carries global trade histories.\u202f<\/p>\n

Through re\u2011making discarded materials, we give visibility to these hidden narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patrick\u202fTagoe\u2011Turkson transforms ocean washed plastic flip\u2011flops collected from Ghana\u2019s Atlantic shorelines into layered mixed\u2011media assemblages.<\/p>\n

At the event, he said that \u201cdiscarded flip\u2011flops and textiles washed onto our beaches hold cultural memories.\u202fTransforming waste into art is one way to advocate for our ocean and our coastal heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commenting on the exhibition,\u202fEmmanuel\u202fAggrey\u202fTieku mentioned that \u201ci work with second\u2011hand garments that end up in Ghana\u2019s landfills and beaches.\u202f<\/p>\n

These textiles are physical evidence of waste colonialism and unequal global supply chains.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cThe Gulf of Guinea Speaks\u201d event was attended by maritime practitioners, diplomats and industry stakeholders and created a platform to experience maritime realities through sensory, material and visual perspectives, raising public awareness through artistic practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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