Claire Tancons is a curator, writer and scholar based in New Orleans whose work focuses on Carnival and processions. As a curator for the 7th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (2008), she organized SPRING, a procession inspired by political demonstrations and carnival processions, hailed as one of the biennial’s highlights. As a guest curator for the 2nd Cape Town Biennial, South Africa, Tancons organized A Walk Into the Night, a procession inspired by the processional and musical traditions of the Cape Town carnival against the background of the forced removals of the 1960’s. Tancons was the Associate Curator for Prospect. 1 New Orleans and Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans. She is currently a member of the curatorial committee and curator for Harlem Biennale.
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from leah gordon
Hi Claire
Could you point me to any documentation about your processions:: either at the Gwangju and Cape Town Biennales. They sound really very interesting. At the moment I'm documenting a year in British traditions, one a month, each using routes, walking, geography and boundaries. I love the idea of your works meshing the procession, politics and history.
Cheers Leah x
Burryman -
The Burryman walks a nine-hour route through South Queensferry, nr Edinburgh, Scotland every year in August.