dkoseiyaw.com interviews ceo of gaari for tor ventures (gv) about the impact of abenkwan in the speed of light

dkoseiyaw.com: what situation would you say that gv set out to see it turn around when they organized abenkwan in the speed of light?

ceo of gaari for tor ventures(gv): well the project was a response to the question, - who is documenting the evolution of african traditions and cultures within all these modern day contexts that surround us today?

and it was nice to pit fufu making against the metropolitan traffic light so that we can help society perceive their own traditions and cultures in the context of the speed of globalization.

dkoseiyaw.com: what are some of the achievements of the project?

ceo of gaari for tor ventures(gv): i mean abenkwan in the speed of light was one of the few sterling projects to creatively use the drone in a social art venture before it had even gained any such a reputation. ace photographer steve ababio was at the controllers and brought to the project great passion and artistry.

one of the unique accomplishments of the project was that it was held within the community, far from the conventional galleries that many artists knew and used at that time

there was great jubilation here at the offices of gaari for tor ventures(gv) after the great success of the project and even years on when dresden native constanza nowak contacted our agents in accra from berlin to collaborate with one of our performance artists.

i mean our production team and crew were assigned a wonderful traffic warden who played a very important role to making sure that we were not getting in the way of the law.

dkoseiyaw.com: another amazing thing we know about the project is the fact that its main activity took place at a famous traffic light post at kwame nkrumah circle, right off the front of the vodafone head office at, ‘circle’ – before the demolition and construction of the 74 million-euros-three-tier kwame nkrumah interchange, funded by brazil to help decongest, ‘circle’ of vehicular and human traffic.

ceo of gaari for tor ventures(gv): yes of course, and one thing is the kwame nkrumah circle alone handles more than 84,000 vehicles from the arterial roads and their intersections.

our cameras took amazing pictures before that whole area was completely demolished and they are preserved at gaari for tor ventures(gv).   

well technically the project started on october 28, 2013 and just about some 11 months later, abenkwan in the speed of light was organized on august 19, 2014.

dkoseiyaw.com: can you tell us more about the gv production team?

ceo of gaari for tor ventures(gv): we had great artists on the gv production team. jordi owusu is a very talented ghanaian filmmaker who has done works worldwide. he has worked in south africa and in the philippines. his frames speak with light and they sound so brightly. he is skilled with the use of lenses and captivates with his wide angle shots.

i have already mentioned ace photographer steve ababio yet permit me to throw more light on his work.

photographer steve ababio comes on board with a lot of experience and most importantly with knowledge and understanding in a wide variety of areas in photography, not only as an art form but also for creative enterprising.

plus he is also up to date with the social environment of photographers worldwide advancing the art form of photography.

steve ababio was truly a blessing

ford1’s active lenses as a photographer in church see over 3 thousand people go in front of it every week.

ford1 is the kind of photographer who can freeze time and arrest the aperture peal open and the shutter expose the light sensitive film, and he will capture his shot to engrave a permanent image into it just like the famous one with the drone flying above the performance artists that he has made memorable.

and that’s the picture with the image of the old kwame nkrumah circle just before the demolition caught up to that part of it

other artists on the team were performance artist jordan

creative assistants were magnus antonio, aba mbroba hagan and

head of kitchen was rebecca nutsugah because it was fufu and soup served to three asanka fulls, consumed with fork and knife and finished in time for the two performance artists to pack-up and leave just before the lights turned green again –

dkoseiyaw.com: thank you

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