Lesley Lokko

Ghana · Sur la carte · Architectes · Naissance en 1964 · 62 ans

Lesley Lokko (née en 1964 à Dundee en Écosse) est une romancière et architecte ghanéenne et écossaise qui vit entre Johannesburg, Londres, Accra et Édimbourg.

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Lesley Lokko : environ 20 lectures par jour, en 22 langues.

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2024100 WomenDistinctionMédaille d'or royale pour l'architectureDistinction2023“It is an opportunity to talk to the rest of the world about Africa, and also to talk to Africa from here (Venice).”Ses propres mots14 mai 2023Patricia Leigh Brown, Setting the Stage for Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennale, The New York TimesLire toute la déclaration

“When you are African, you speak to a world that has an existing view of who and what you are. You walk with this kind of label.”Ses propres mots14 mai 2023Patricia Leigh Brown, Setting the Stage for Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennale, The New York TimesLire toute la déclaration

“I’ve always thought of ‘race’ as a powerfully creative category of exploration and expression.”Ses propres mots14 mai 2023Patricia Leigh Brown, Setting the Stage for Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennale, The New York TimesLire toute la déclaration

“Change is the one thing that everybody hollers for and longs for, but when it actually arrives, most people don't want it. It's a complex thing.”Ses propres mots6 avril 2023Nadia Neophytou, Lesley Lokko Speaks About a More African Architecture Biennale, okayafricaLire toute la déclaration

“I think all cultural output is a form of narrative. Somebody once said that culture is the sum total of stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.”Ses propres motsMaria-Cristina Florian, The 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale as a Healing Experience: In Conversation with Curator Lesley Lokko, ArchLire toute la déclaration

“I don't expect this exhibition to teach anybody anything, I don't think it's a didactic exhibition. That's not to say that people won't learn something from it.”Ses propres motsMaria-Cristina Florian, The 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale as a Healing Experience: In Conversation with Curator Lesley Lokko, ArchLire toute la déclaration

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There’s something about the training of an architect that’s particularly suited to our time: it’s about bringing disparate pieces of information together in a framework.
Debika Ray, Curator Lesley Lokko on the Venice Architecture Biennale: ‘It’s about a world that’s yet to come’, Financial Times, May 18,, Ses propres mots
Architects have the power to change the culture of how we build and how we think about resources.
Debika Ray, Curator Lesley Lokko on the Venice Architecture Biennale: ‘It’s about a world that’s yet to come’, Financial Times, May 18,, Ses propres mots
No job is worth one’s life.
Debika Ray, Curator Lesley Lokko on the Venice Architecture Biennale: ‘It’s about a world that’s yet to come’, Financial Times, May 18,, Ses propres mots