Associate Professor of the Postgraduate Programme at the Graduate School of Architecture (University of Johannesburg), António Tomás will be the Guest Curator of the 2nd edition of the LUUANDA residency. PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University was a study on Refracted Governmentality: space, politics, and social structure in contemporary Luanda, he has conducted extensive fieldwork in…
SELECTED ARTISTS The 6 artists who will participate in the 2nd edition of LUUANDA artist’s residence, an initiative held by the collective collective Pés Descalços aimed at emerging artists from PALOP countries, with funding from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the support of BAI Academy and the gallery THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE, have…
The application period for the 2nd edition of LUUANDA Artist Residency will be open from 19 April to 30 June 2021. In this edition, the artists will be challenged to work under the theme “LOST BORDERS”, through a varied programme of activities.The theme taken from the work of the Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa, is…
Hugo Mendes Visual artist, illustrator and graphic designer, Hugo Mendes explores in his work themes related to identity and representation, or lack thereof. His practice is inspired by a strong Mozambican tradition of carving crafts and wood carvings (Psikhelekedana and Makonde art), processes through which he creates artworks with Asian millenary woodcut technique, paper printing…
Yuran Henrique Cartoonist at Expresso das Ilhas, Yuran Henrique grew up on the sign of creativity where theater played an important role early in his career. His work circulates between painting, illustration, urban arts and also the dramaturgy. In his work we find descriptive approaches to his experiences lived in the reality of Cape Verde's…
Yola Balanga Graduated in Visual and Plastic Arts, Balanga uses performance art to present her imagination in a language more linked to the female body as a system of symbols, expression assumed to be the perfect means to claim and above all to transcend. More about the artist’s work.
Diogo Bento Based in Mindelo, Diogo Bento works with photography and installation, where landscape has been the main backdrop for expressing his ideas and concerns about the world. His artistic practice takes place mainly within the broad field of photography and is largely informed by an understanding of landscape as a space for cultural construction:…
Flavio Cardoso Photographer and founder of Views of Angola movement, Flávio Cardoso works as a freelancer on different projects such as the Okavango Wilderness Project expedition. He is currently working on the ALiEN project, an artistic practice inspired by magical realism to recreate a futuristic and dystopian projection of the space in which he lives…