This public event celebrates an exciting new partnership between The John Kobal Foundation and Tate, running for the next six years, with an annual talk given by an international lens-based artist, collective or professional in the field.
Building on the Foundation's continued commitment over the last three decades to fostering the creative community and supporting artists, this talk coincides with the launch of the John Kobal Foundation Fellowship, presented every two years in recognition of an outstanding body of lens-based work by an international artist or collective, enabling them to progress their practice in a way that would otherwise not be possible.
We are delighted to announce that the inaugural John Kobal Foundation fellow and recipient of the award is the South African photographer Lindokuhle Sobekwa. This event is a unique opportunity to learn about the evolution of his photographic practice to date. Sobekwa is joined in conversation by curator David Campany.
You can watch a recording of the event below.
Lindokuhle Sobekwa
Born in Katlehong, Johannesburg in 1995 he was awarded in 2015 a scholarship to study at the Market Photo Workshop, in 2017 he was selected by the Magnum Foundation for Photography and Social Justice (NYC) to develop the project I carry Her photo of Me, and in 2021 he completed a residency at A4 Foundation in Cape Town. His work has been exhibited in South Africa, Iran, Norway, USA and the Netherlands. In 2022 he became a full member of Magnum Photos.
David Campany
David Campany is Curator at Large for the International Center of Photography, New York, and a Reader in Photography at the University of Westminster, London. His recent books include Indeterminacy: thoughts on time, the image and race(ism), co-written with Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa (Mack 2022), William Klein: Yes (Thames & Hudson 2023), and On Photographs (Thames & Hudson 2020).
There will be BSL interpretation for people attending in person.
There will be live captioning for people watching online.
All Tate Modern entrances are step-free. You can enter via the Turbine Hall and into the Natalie Bell Building on Holland Street, or into the Blavatnik Building on Sumner street.
The talk is on Level 1 of the Natalie Bell building. There are lifts to every floor of the Blavatnik and Natalie Bell buildings. Alternatively, you can take the stairs.
- Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses.
- A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4.
- Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks.
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