Our Canvas Grows From The Soil curated by Dr. Kara Blackmore Linking practices between Uganda and Ghana, the special project is comprised of artworks are all made from the medium of barkcloth (lubugo, kyenkyen), a UNESCO listed Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible...
Discourse
Disarming Violence_New Publication featuring Gloria Kiconco, Elsadig Janka, and Piloya Irene, written by Dr. Kara Blackmore
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Gloria Kiconco Poetry Reading Saturday 15th August 2026
Poetry Reading_15 August 2026_Gloria Kiconco and Borderlands ArtDownload
The Intermingled_Revolutionary Series by Elsadig Janka
April 1 – June 3, 2026 Elsadig Janka, with his photographic series The Intermingled, documents the Sudanese revolution, providing a deeply personal and historical record of the protests on the streets of Khartoum. Through multiple exposure techniques, Janka...
Borderlands Art Co-Founders and Artists Publish in Transition Magazine
Transition Magazine’s archive was a central artist resource. The historical publication—founded in Uganda in 1961—provided a framework to question liberation. In this way, the magazine was a companion text to both inform our curatorial process and a touchstone for...
Gloria Kiconco shares about her process in the Routes of Resistance Exhibition in Lund, Sweden
Gloria shares her evocative work through spoken word performances, readings, and audio-visual collaborations with music producers. Gloria led the group of curators in a public zine-making workshop throughout the exhibition week at Skissernas museum introducing this...
“Send Me” Inceptions
On 9 December 2022 we sat, saturated by days of conversation and energisedfor new collaborations. This was not a workshop with defined aims and objectives,rather it was an invitation to share food and ideas. Three curators, Kara, Sofia andBonita and a curious leader,...
Re-Storying South Sudan
Re-Storying South Sudan Safety and Storytelling, the exhibition on art, heritage and protection tried to reframe what has been a tried narrative about that region of Africa. Artworks tried to imagine a different past and future in area often defined on humanitarian...
Vulnerability and strength during the poly crisis
Borderlands Co-Founder reflects on Shiela Nakitende's work for Gallery Brulhart We are in turbulent times, facing a number of inter-connected forces that threaten our wellbeing and life on the planet. By centering wind, Geneva based Gallery Brulhart’s group exhibition...








