About this Event
Nsengiyumva's shares a more emotional perspective on the museum as a healing place. For this, she is guided by Grace Ndiritu's shamanic approach.
Practical Information
- Thursday 6 July 2023 at 20:00
- In The Temple (limited places)
- The talk will be in English
Laura Nsengiyumva (she/her) is a Brussels-based artivist, architect and researcher. Through her interdisciplinary practice, Nsengiyumva explores themes such as diasporic experience, hidden histories, North-South relations and empathy. She speaks about these topics through images and interventions on colonial spaces. . Her artivists actions like PeoPL (the melting of a statue of Leopold II) and Queen Nikkolah, are part of her research project "Shaping the presence of the African diaspora in Belgium". Her transcultural view of history is based on human stories that invite us to find what brings us together.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SMAK - Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, 1 Jan Hoetplein, Gent, Belgium