Sandra Mujinga

Sandra Mujinga: SONW – Shadow of New Worlds

Sandra Mujinga's exhibition at Bergen Kunsthall presented a large-scale video installation together with a selection of sculptural works and photographs. Drawing on Afro-futurist strategies, the exhibition investigated concepts of invisibility as survival strategies, both as a speculative gaze at the future and in relation to the political reality of our time. The exhibition was Mujinga's largest solo-presentation to date. This book includes a specially produced visual essay, conceived as an animation in book form. The images are stills from footage captured of an elephant outside of Johannesburg, digitally treated and presented as a series of close-ups of the elephant's skin. The publication features contributions by Sandra Mujinga, Wong Bing Hao, Tamar Clarke-Brown, Olamiju Fajemisin and Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor.

Published on the occasion of the exponymous exhibitions at Bergen Kunsthall from November 22, 2019, to January 19, 2020, and at Vleeshal, Middelburg, from September 20 to December 13, 2020. 2020 Softcover Publisher: Bergen Kunsthall and Vleeshal. ISBN: 9783964360274 Dimensions: 16 × 24 cm Pages: 144pp £25