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NÁSTIO MOSQUITO

 * What is the title of the article in which you identified a gap. If no article exists at all, what should the title be?
 * There was no article for Nástio Mosquito who is an artist and the title should just be his name.


 * Document the gap you found, describe how you identified it, and analyze its impact on knowledge.

The gap that I came across was that I searched Nástio Mosquito and no Wikipedia page came up for him. This indicates that there is a big gap because he is not recognized in the Wikipedia world. This gap limits knowledge on who Nástio Mosquito is and what he does because he is a performance artist. He should be recognized for his performance, film, music, installation, philosophy and digital art because those are some talents that need to be recognized for. Nástio Mosquito also has his own app which is pretty cool since you can stream music, watch videos, see pictures, and read blogs and tweets as well as see when they’re playing a show nearby. This gap also limits knowledge in the axes of power such as gender since he is an African male. A lot of African artists are shown to represent a huge gap since mostly American artists are the ones who are recognized for their works and art. There needs to be more people of color to be acknowledged for what they do since they put in the same effort as many other artists. An artists gender, sexuality, race, class, and nationality shouldn’t be looked at different for any other artist. An artist should be acknowledged for what they do and not for who they are as something that makes them any less equal to any other artist. Just because Nástio Mosquito is an African male artist doesn’t mean his art is looked upon less then other artists who come from different nationalities and backgrounds.


 * Propose a paragraph of new or substantially edited content based on reliable sources. (If you are editing existing content, post the current version along with your edited version, and clearly mark which is which.)

Nástio Mosquito is an African artist who was born in 1981. He is from Angola Africa. Nástio Mosquito is a performance artist whose art pieces portray him playing with African stereotypes in western contexts. Some of his exhibitions that he has done includes 9 Artists, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2013; Politics of Representation, Tate Modern, London, 2012; and 29th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, 2010. Nástio Mosquito lives and works in Luanda which is the capital of Angola. Nástio Mosquito was named the joint winner of the International Future Generation Art Prize for artists under 35 in Kiev, Ukraine, in December. Nástio Mosquito isn’t just a performance artist but he also makes music, objects, and videos under certain monikers, which include such as Nastiá, Saco, Cucumber Slice, and Zura Zuara. Nástio Mosquito has a background in broadcast since he has worked as both a director and cameraman. Nástio Mosquito is often portraying himself as the central figure of his art and his word makes powerful political and social statements which is slightly discomforting at a first glance but has a meaningful story behind it, just like every one of his art pieces. Ikon and Nuova Icona presented a new video and performance project by Nástio Mosquito at the 56th Biennale di Venezia, in the Oratorio di San Ludovico, Dorsoduro. Nástio Mosquito created his own app which is accessible to anyone in which you can stream music, watch videos, see pictures, and read blogs and tweets as well as see when a nearby show is playing.


 * List the reliable sources that could be used to improve this gap. (You can use the Cite tool from the editing toolbar above to input and format your sources.)


 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3mNPJP4nNnk75SYflBK5Y1v/nastio-mosquitos-postcard-from-venice
 * http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=251&lang=en
 * http://www.formerwest.org/Contributors/NastioMosquito
 * http://creativetime.org/summit/speakers/nastio-mosquito/
 * http://nuovaicona.org/exhibitions-and-events/san-ludovico-oratory/nastio-mosquito-a-solo-show