A City in Practice

The Lubumbashi Biennale (2008–2024)

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Launched by the artist collective Picha in 2008, the Lubumbashi Biennale has evolved alongside the city that hosts it—a place that still bears the traces of mining, empire, and the global flow of resources. This book maps the Biennale’s evolution and the collective gestures that inform it. Through essays, images and conversations, it captures an event that renews itself with every edition, balancing the fragility and invention that emerge from collective practice and everyday resilience. The book’s contributions reflect on what it means to create within a landscape marked by extraction and endurance, and reveals an art world sustained by collaboration and the will to imagine alternatives. Featuring a wealth of visual material, A City in Practice combines historical, visual, and first-hand perspectives from artists and curators, connecting art, urban studies, and social history in an accessible, engaging way.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9789462705258

Taal:EN

Bindwijze:paperback

Aantal pagina's:272

Uitgever:Leuven University Press

Druk:1

Verschijningsdatum:23-9-2026

Hoofdrubriek:Kunst en cultuur

Serie:KU Leuven A.R.T.S.S. Series

Inhoudsopgave

Introduction: The Collective as Method and Instituent Practice
Introduction : le collectif comme méthode et pratique instituante
Aude Tournaye & Filip De Boeck

PART I
GENEALOGIES OF PRACTICE: MEMORY, MATERIALITY, AND EMERGENCE
GÉNÉALOGIES DES PRATIQUES : MÉMOIRE, MATÉRIALITÉ ET ÉMERGENCE

A Season in the Congo
Une saison au Congo
Simon Njami

Representing the World from Katanga: “Reclaiming” Cultural Memory
Représenter le monde à partir du Katanga : reprendre la mémoire culturelle
Bogumil Jewsiewicki

Future Genealogies: Tales from the Equatorial Line
Généalogies futures : récits depuis l’Équateur
Sandrine Colard

Alchemising Toxicity: The Lubumbashi Biennale’s Transformative Work in the Museum and Beyond
Alchimiser la toxicité : le travail transformateur de la Biennale de Lubumbashi au musée et au-delà
Lotte Arndt

PART II
PLOTFORMS AND PLATFORMS: CIRCULATION, COLLABORATION, AND COLLECTIVE WORK
PLOTFORMS ET PLATEFORMES : CIRCULATION, COLLABORATION ET TRAVAIL COLLECTIF

Between Autonomy and Alliance: How the Lubumbashi Biennale Came to Be
Entre autonomie et alliance : la genèse de la Biennale de Lubumbashi
Daniella Géo & Sammy Baloji (2018)

Platform/Plotform: On Doing Things with Art
Platform/Plotform : faire des choses avec l’art
Kim Gurney

Curating Dazzlement
Orchestrer l’éblouissement
Annick M’Kele & Toma Muteba Luntumbue (2015)

PART III
TRANSFORMATIONS: URBAN ECOLOGIES, TOXICITY, AND POSTCOLONIAL AFTERLIVES
TRANSFORMATIONS : ÉCOLOGIES URBAINES, TOXICITÉ ET DEVENIRS POSTCOLONIAUX

Toxicity: Presenting the Lubumbashi Biennale 2022
Toxicité : Présentation de la Biennale de Lubumbashi 2022
Filip De Boeck & collectif Picha

Rethinking the Colonial Library: The Lubumbashi Biennale as an Antidote Against Toxicity
Repenser la bibliothèque coloniale : la Biennale de Lubumbashi comme antidote à la toxicité
Filip De Boeck & Jean-Sylvain Tshilumba Mukendi

Dazzlements
Éblouissements
Joseph Tonda

On the Violence of the Imaginary in Central Africa
Penser la violence de l’imaginaire en Afrique centrale
Toma Muteba Luntumbue & Joseph Tonda (2019)

Such Gentle Ways of Destroying
De si douces manières de détruire
Marynet Jeannerod

Notes
Bibliography
Illustrations
Authors
Index