Send Me

Borderlands Art is delighted to present works from the SEND ME exhibition.

Following the idea that insecurity is not new, the exhibition took a historical and contemporary
look at artistic freedom. It traced different eras of political repression in Uganda and
East Africa more broadly, by recognising the ongoing migration of people and ideas.

The space of artistic production and display reflected on the urge to leave, the
imperative to return, the experience of exile. As a metaphorical place to set this
exploration, Transition Magazine was the host. It provided the framework to explore
how some issues of freedom and liberation become resolved through movement and
time, while others may endure. 

Artists, Gloria Kiconco, Charity Atukunda, and Elsadig Janka came together to
reflect on the movement of ideas, the questions of security and the biographies of
place. Their works move between deeply intimate storytelling and geopolitical
critique.

Medium : Mixed Medium Works

Cardinal Directions
Gloria Kiconco 
Sculptural zines on barkcloth, 2024
Some stay, some leave, some are forced out, some give up
and others slip into the background. This series of artworks
reflects on the relationships between time, place and text. Each
form reveals a different set of concerns, all within the format of
a zine-as-sculpture. Experiencing sculpture as a form of
dialogue also makes space for light, proximity and openness
that is compressed in the 2D print features.

A House Away From Home 
Elsadig Mohamed ‘Janka’
Photography, 2024
A face in a frame is perhaps all it takes to describe the notion of belonging. Personal
items and materials brought by individuals from Sudan to their new settlement in
Kampala, Uganda signify life in between: a Sudanese women’s thobe, first aid kit,
guitar picks, crochet threads, shoes. However, during the making  of this
photographic series, Sadig and Amar learned that materialism will not help in re-
creating a house away from home, because the items needed to build a house outside
the home are perceptions, imaginations, creativity and emotions.

Fashioning Freedom
Charity Atukunda
Illustration print on textile, 2024
There is a dance between the grassroots and the elites in
which some kneel in reverence and others stand up. Yet there
is no marching in protest. Atukunda recognises the more subtle
and embodied acts of resistance that begin with the self as well
as the digital pathways for solidarity.

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This exhibition is part of the multi sited Routes of Resistance exhibition presented by the Safe Havens|Freedom Talks organisation with funding from the Swedish Postcode Foundation. This multi-country collaboration seeks to pay homage to our different contexts, divergent paths, diverse methodologies, and multiple languages.