We are NeoTribe
Our story
Hang’Art Africa is a nomadic art hub, born in Rwanda from a subversive desire: to create spaces that didn’t yet exist, and to disrupt those that already do.
Spaces where art is conceived outside of inherited hierarchies, far from the imaginary rungs drawn by others before us. Where it has long been decided who deserves to be seen, exhibited, collected, we are here to reshuffle the deck. We are opening up a free, fluid territory, where the only boundary is that of creation itself.
Visual arts, fashion, music, performance. We work at the crossroads of disciplines and geographies, in this fertile in-between where languages mingle and unexpected forms emerge. It is there, in the friction of worlds, that contemporary art is reinvented.
We forge unprecedented connections between artists, venues, and continents. We champion a vision that refuses to be confined by anything other than imagination, and that restores to each creation the value it has too often been denied.
We prefer challenging questions to conventional answers, and the doors we open ourselves to those that are thrust in our faces.
We don’t ask for permission.
We are the neo tribe.
Mission
A transformative and nomadic movement supporting creation.
Vision
Visual art, Fashion and Music: showcasing the crossroads between Art, performances and New Tech in Africa.
Values
- To share
- To transcend
- To transmit
Patrice Pies
Strategy director
Patrice PIES works as a strategic analyst for the BNP Paribas Group, a leading French and European bank. He has twelve years of experience in evaluation, diagnosis and strategic development with general management, to whom he provides advice in decision-making.
A lover of art in all its forms, he plays the piano and has extensive knowledge of photography. 10 years ago, he was struck by the appropriation of new technologies and new media by contemporary artists.
Since then, he has provided direct support to the work of young artists and participates in the vitality of artistic creation, by collecting so-called “post internet” contemporary works.
He begins a reconversion in the cultural sector and more specifically in the dissemination of contemporary art throughout the world. To do this, he would like to propose combining his professional expertise with projects related to art.
Team photography: Maeken
Courtesy Hang’Art Africa 2020