Journal

Zadde

February 12, 2022 No Comments

Zadde by Yiga Joshua is an exploration of the symbol of the banana fibre doll, the materiality of it, and how that constructs imaginaries of parenthood, childhood, and intersections between the two states. The materiality is important because, through wholly organic processes, the doll is created — this is one of the first acts of procreation and propagation by the child. The doll embodies this organic element even in abstraction; it has no fixed state embodied in it, its persona is dynamic and fluid, just as the imaginary of the child is.

Saints and Sinners: Illustrations of Existence

July 15, 2021 No Comments

Wamala Joesph Kyeyune’s solo exhibition, his body of work in this exhibition focuses on what existence is like for the black body through a religious lens. Multiple cultural innovations have arisen through religious imagery to intervene in societal and individual relations, and to shift power structures that govern the existence of the black body, Wamala examines how these innovations have translated and persevered in the Ugandan context.