Image Cities Circus--- Urban Circus in Dakar, Senegal

Studio work

Supervisor: Mario Gooden

2017 Spring

Civil Circus

I am creating a public assembly and craft arts exhibition space by the side of national assembly and IFAN museum. Through my intervention I am trying to disrupt the symbol of colonial power—the circle and bring the city, the surrounding environment into my building.

By creating several transparent public assembly space, I am celebrating the local villagers’ “fenc” system that in villagers’ gathering, they are all equal to express their idea to tribe chief. Also by moving through the space, occupy-ing the space, citizens declare their power as well. This public assembly and the National Assembly can create an interesting and ambiguous dialogue.

It is a public building that belongs to the citizen and the city. In my circus, instead of one single performance dominating the show, multiple attractions and surrounding environment invade in are the ways to Against the dominate power. The experience of interior and experience of city views of surrounding landmark buildings are alternate.