This event is in the past.It took place on February 21, 2026 at Galerie Imane Farès.
Congolese artists confront colonial violence and extractive capitalism through blown glass, woven shopping bags, and reactivated archives. Curated by Sammy Baloji, it's a raw excavation of memory from Katanga's toxic mining history.
Postcolonial art
Congolese artists
Political exhibition
Archive-based work
Tips
📚inspired by philosopher Valentin-Yves Mudimbe's archives
⛏️artists use actual mining materials and colonial documents
🎨research initiated at Lubumbashi Biennale by Picha collective
Toxic Lands, Living Narratives
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Congolese artists confront colonial violence and extractive capitalism through blown glass, woven shopping bags, and reactivated archives. Curated by Sammy Baloji, it's a raw excavation of memory from Katanga's toxic mining history.
Postcolonial art
Congolese artists
Political exhibition
Archive-based work
Tips
📚inspired by philosopher Valentin-Yves Mudimbe's archives
⛏️artists use actual mining materials and colonial documents
🎨research initiated at Lubumbashi Biennale by Picha collective
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