This event is in the past.It took place on January 21, 2022 at Galerie Imane Farès.
Sinzo Aanza transforms personal trauma into a memorial for Congo's forgotten victims—those lost to the 2002 Nyiragongo eruption and generations of mineral exploitation. Tapestries, embossed panels, and layered portraits create a space for the dead who left no official trace.
Politically engaged
Installation art
Postcolonial themes
Textile work
Tips
✍️tapestry texts written in Mandombe script
💎panels embossed with the rare minerals victims mined
🗺️raffia tapestry maps Congo's imaginary mineral landscape
The Improbable Memorial
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Sinzo Aanza transforms personal trauma into a memorial for Congo's forgotten victims—those lost to the 2002 Nyiragongo eruption and generations of mineral exploitation. Tapestries, embossed panels, and layered portraits create a space for the dead who left no official trace.
Politically engaged
Installation art
Postcolonial themes
Textile work
Tips
✍️tapestry texts written in Mandombe script
💎panels embossed with the rare minerals victims mined
🗺️raffia tapestry maps Congo's imaginary mineral landscape
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