Goddy Leye
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Cameroonian Goddy Leye is a visual and video artist whose films range in topics from television clips to ancient African writings. His films distort and transform images on the screen in an attempt to reveal the unseen. He alternates living and working environments as he often switches between Douala, Cameroon and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In his video performance, “Behind the Scenes,” Leye was “interested in pushing forward the exploration of this issue of the relationship of the contemporary man to images (new and old); the links between the images, people, the electronic media; the power of images on our perception.” While primarily known as a video artist he also works with installations, performance, painting and drawing. In 1999, UNESCO-ASCHBERG and the Rockefeller Foundation sponsored his 18th Street Arts Center artist residency.
