#KLAART21

Kampala Contemporary Public Art Festival. KLA ART promotes innovation, experimentation and accessibility in visual arts.

#KLAART21 21st Oct - 4th Nov 2021

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📣📣📣 JOIN US 📣📣📣📣

We set off from Spear House at 9am this morning for @Jim_Joel ‘s #Kaduukagram in Kawempe #KLAART21 #ThisIsOurs

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#Sending you some #KLAART21 vibes with @ivansavior @sharonrwaky @Sandra_Suubi and @GeraldOdil #5DaysToGo #ThisIsOurs

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📣📣📣Ready for tomorrow Saturday 30th October where the #KLAART21 tour leads to Kabalagala for @odurart ‘s #Muwawa @AlokaTrevor ‘s #ReadyForExport @Kharumwa ‘s #BookOfOwaz and @Kedgars #ThisIsMe

We will converge at Spear House and depart at 9am. #JoinUs #KLAART21 #ThisIsOurs

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See you tomorrow and bring a plant! #KLAART21 #ThisIsOurs #GardenOfPeace

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KLA ART 21 public arts festival begins TOMORROW! 🔥

Artist commissions will be open at all KLA ART locations. Throughout the festival, we will be hosting location tours for those who want to experience the work in a group and hear from the artists.
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Liz will share a sculptural recipe, a meditative walk through a garden in the heart of the city. An oasis imbued with herbs and with healing properties. Every guest is encouraged to bring a contribution of their own, and to also take what they need as an act of collective healing

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When the COVID pandemic happened, some of those questions were answered. 'The Silence' is a digital animation of a mythical folk tale that explores how an average Ugandan might survive the apocalypse and calls us to question how far this fiction is from the truth.

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As a fan of dystopian fiction, @mnowand4ever would often wonder how certain end of the world scenarios might play out in a Ugandan setting - what if a zombie outbreak happened in Najjera? Or a plague in Naguru?

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......that have marked many with violence and death regardless of intention. In Muwawa, the fear of being an unintended victim is a looming presence even in spaces deemed private because violence is cheap and easy to reproduce without care. #KLAART21 #ThisIsOurs #Muwawa

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Odur @odurart reconstructs his living space, placing a hanging installation of sand cast aluminium shaped like bullets, in the centre of the room. The installation’s projectile shadows are cast all over the room, like the stray bullets and stray tear gas…..

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T.O.D recreates adventure through reading and invites you to experience libraries as
welcoming spaces that encourage curiosity and exploration. #KLAART21 #ThisIsOurs #TOD

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@GKiconco’s Tunnel of Delight (T.O.D) presents a space of delight and wonder that invites you into a
reading room presenting a collection of four zines (informal, self-published books) within a
colorful fabric installation hosted at the National Library of Uganda, #KLAART21

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It offers you, the reader, an invitation to imagine what is possible through the power of
sharing your story and through travelling through the stories of others.

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Using a palette of copper and gold, Aloka places personified objects and precious metals on pedestals to connect labour as a commodity to how young people view their own value, and what their value is worth to their own country. #KLAART21 #ThisIsOurs

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In Ready for Export, Aloka stages an export clearance area as an inquiry into migratory labour practices among young people. Through paintings of children's faces within the installation, he evokes a humanity that is often invisible in the transactions of the labour market.

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As she puts it, 'you wear your hustle so it can’t be taken away'.