FORGING
URBAN CITIZENSHIP

AN INTERACTIVE ARCHIVE OF RESISTANCE, IDENTITY AND THE DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH.

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FIELD DISPATCHES 01 / 04

01 / GAME OF PROTESTS

A virtual gallery exploring classism, hierarchies, and the unwritten rules of urban space. Built by five Kenyan artists — Muthoni Mwangi, Jabez, Jeremiah Onyango, Zavai & Tracy.

MUTHONI MWANGI + 4 ARTISTS

GAME OF
PROTESTS

At the entrance, viewers choose from five collage-art based tickets. Each ticket represents one of five active Kenyan classes. The ticket system makes class dynamics felt rather than just described.

KENYA // VIRTUAL GALLERY // APP-BASED

02 / PROJECT BLACK SPOT

3-SONG EP + CANVAS

MC SHARON (SHARON ACHIENG ALAI)

PROJECT
BLACK SPOT

A cross-disciplinary initiative tackling the need for community in times of uncertainty and the importance of including day-to-day people in artistic journeys — because art is for the people anyway.

KENYA // 3-SONG EP + CANVAS ART // GREEN HOUSE MOVEMENT

03 / CHIKOPA (THE HIDE)

MIXED-MEDIA PORTRAIT

NADIMBA PROMISE

CHIKOPA

A mixed-media portrait exploring the relationship between political authority, economic systems, and the human body. Painted on animal hide, examining how ordinary citizens absorb the effects of austerity, inflation, and state repression.

MALAWI // MIXED-MEDIA ON COW HIDE // EXPRESSIONIST

04 / FLASH MOBS & URBAN POLITICS

THEATRE + MURALS

SOCIAL JUSTICE CENTRES TRAVELLING THEATRE

FLASH MOBS &
URBAN POLITICS

Theatre flash mobs and public mural installations as creative, non-partisan forms of civic engagement. The project captures the anxieties, hopes, and demands of ordinary citizens during a politically sensitive period.

KENYA // THEATRE FLASH MOBS + PUBLIC MURALS // 2027

ARTIST ROSTER

KENYA

01 Dorphanage →

PROJECT: THE BURDEN OF THOUGHT
DISCIPLINE: SPOKEN WORD POETRY
TAGS: INTROSPECTION // SOCIAL CRITIQUE // HIP-HOP
02 MC Sharon →

PROJECT: PROJECT BLACK SPOT
DISCIPLINE: RAP / PAINTING / WRITING
TAGS: GENRE-BENDING // AFRO-FUSION // GREEN HOUSE MOVEMENT
03 Muthoni Mwangi →

PROJECT: GAME OF PROTESTS
DISCIPLINE: VISUAL COLLAGE / RESEARCH
TAGS: CLASSISM // VIRTUAL GALLERY // MIGRATION
04 Willie Oeba

PROJECT: TBD
DISCIPLINE: MULTIDISCIPLINARY
TAGS: KENYA
05 Social Justice Centres Travelling Theatre →

PROJECT: FLASH MOBS & URBAN POLITICS
DISCIPLINE: THEATRE / PUBLIC ART
TAGS: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT // MURALS // 2027 ELECTION

MALAWI

06 Desiree Michelle Nkhavitha →

PROJECT: THE NIGHT DUTY
DISCIPLINE: THEATRE / PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE
TAGS: WOMANHOOD // INSTITUTIONAL NEGLECT // SURVIVAL
07 Natalia Provah Pedro →

PROJECT: ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
DISCIPLINE: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
TAGS: HUMANITY // IDENTITY // FEMINISM // PEACE
08 Samson Apatsa Banda →

PROJECT: BREDAH
DISCIPLINE: MUSIC + DOCUMENTARY
TAGS: DANCEHALL // GHETTO YOUTH // RESILIENCE
09 Sean Morgan →

PROJECT: TBD
DISCIPLINE: MULTIDISCIPLINARY
TAGS: MALAWI
10 Nadimba Promise →

PROJECT: CHIKOPA (THE HIDE)
DISCIPLINE: MIXED-MEDIA PORTRAIT
TAGS: POLITICAL AUTHORITY // ANIMAL HIDE // EXPRESSIONISM

ZIMbabwe

11 Allience Goriwoto →

PROJECT: MARWADZO ASINGAONEKWI
DISCIPLINE: MUSIC / VISUAL STORYTELLING
TAGS: INVISIBLE PAIN // DEPRESSION // EMPATHY
12 Eresina Hwede →

PROJECT: THE HIJACK
DISCIPLINE: THEATRE SKIT / WRITING
TAGS: UNEMPLOYMENT // SOCIAL CONTRACT // POTHOLE POLITICS
13 Gregory Luiz Sibanda →

PROJECT: MAKOKOBA MICROCOSM
DISCIPLINE: PHOTOGRAPHY / AUDIOVISUAL ESSAY
TAGS: TOWNSHIP ARCHIVE // INFORMAL TRADE // BULAWAYO
14 Memory Chirere →

PROJECT: GRAFFITI ART & POETRY IN HARARE
DISCIPLINE: POETRY / PHOTOGRAPHY
TAGS: URBAN INTERVENTION // CLASS IDENTITY // POLITICAL COMMENTARY
15 Musariri Musariri →

PROJECT: MUMVURI WEMASHOKO (SHADOWS OF WORDS)
DISCIPLINE: EKPHRASTIC POETRY / PHOTOGRAPHY
TAGS: AFROFUTURISM // RESISTANCE // DIGITAL HUMANITIES
16 Tatenda Kimberley Gakanje →

PROJECT: URBAN SPACES
DISCIPLINE: INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
TAGS: BATIK // TIE-DYE // SENSORY EXPLORATION // BELONGING

——— "THE INDIVIDUAL MIND AS BOTH WITNESS TO AND BATTLEGROUND OF CONTEMPORARY REALITY" ——— "ART IS FOR THE PEOPLE ANYWAY." ——— "WHERE THINKING BECOMES BOTH BURDEN AND RESISTANCE" ——— "THE ARCHIVE REFUSES TO BE LOST" ——— "THE BODY BECOMES THE PRIMARY SITE WHERE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FAILURES ARE EXPERIVERNED" ——— "THE INDIVIDUAL MIND AS BOTH WITNESS TO AND BATTLEGROUND OF CONTEMPORARY REALITY" ——— "ART IS FOR THE PEOPLE ANYWAY." ——— "WHERE THINKING BECOMES BOTH BURDEN AND RESISTANCE" ——— "THE ARCHIVE REFUSES TO BE LOST" ——— "THE BODY BECOMES THE PRIMARY SITE WHERE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FAILURES ARE EXPERIVERNED"

WE
DO NOT
NEGOTIATE
SPACE.

“The individual mind as both witness to and battleground of contemporary reality — where thinking becomes both burden and resistance.”

From Nairobi’s Eastlands to Harare’s townships. From Lilongwe’s survival economy to Bulawayo’s informal markets. These voices claim what power would rather erase.

MANIFESTO

Sixteen artists. Three territories. One act of refusing to be silent in a world that profits from that silence.

“Art is for the people anyway. Humanizing the artist is important for relatability — and for effectiveness in teaching the masses.”

— MC Sharon, Project Black Spot

FORGINGURBAN CITIZENSHIP