by Borderlands Art | Apr 21, 2022 | News
Why would an art installation be mounted in a science laboratory? The question is as much intriguing as full of suspense not only to the outsider but also to regular art connoisseur. In fact one can be tempted to conclude it was an alternative to the absence of space...
by Borderlands Art | Apr 2, 2022 | News
On April 2, I was blessed to walk through an art installation of a one Sheila Nakitende, an artist whose practice focuses on womanhood experiences, The installation entitled ‘Abaana Ba Kintu’ loosely translated as “The descendants of Kintu (legendary ancestor of the...
by Borderlands Art | Apr 1, 2022 | Events and Talks
To mark the occasion of the Kampala installation, a discussion was held at the Chemistry Department at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda on 1st April. Installation curator, Dr Helga Rainer was in conversation with Prof. Sylvia Tamale (School of Law Makerere...
by Borderlands Art | Dec 23, 2021 | News
My name is Manuela Lara, I’m from Colombia, and the mediums I used for this artwork are hand-made papers made of natural fibers from Colombia. And then I painted on those papers with a 19th-century technique, terrific technique called ‘Van Dyke Brown’, it’s an...
by Borderlands Art | Oct 5, 2021 | News
Tell us about how you decided to become an artist and why?Since I was a child, I loved talking to all kinds of people, asking them about their stories, and exploring the intimacy of their lives. On the other hand, I grew up in a family sensitive to aesthetics, a...
