January 2025 Newsletter : Vital Signs: Another World is Possible Exhibition at Science Gallery Part 3

Mary Zagoritou Gallery visited VITAL SIGNS: another world is possible, in January 2025 and shot exclusive photos of the exhibition which shares the power of embodied forms of communication, across difference, and advocates for an inclusive climate transition.

In this month's newsletter, Mary Zagoritou Gallery will focus on one of the exhibition rooms named A Space for Resistance and Renewal and present to our audience. 

Birungi Kawooya's work named A Space for Resistance and Renewal, voices therapy through fibre artistry. 

A trio of bark cloth structures provide a gathering place for rest, repair and resistance. 

As a self-taught artist, Kawooya came to fibre artistry as a healing practice. 

In this setting and through the process to create it, the artist can imagine being liberated from the interlocking forces of systemic racism, capitalism, sexism and ableism.

The artist has chosen regenerative materials traditionally used in Ugandan art; olubugo (bark cloth), banana fibre, raffia and Brixton-grown bamboo. When harvesting bark cloth, artisans wrap the omutuba tree with banana leaf once the bark is removed, which allows the tree to repair and be harvested in future rainy seasons.

The designs feature shield motifs from the Kingdom of Buganda, symbolising protection, and the earthenware pots which tether the structures are filled with plants known for their therapeutic properties.

The audience are invited to visit and participate by medicating on rest and the power of imagination.

VITAL SIGNS: another world is possible exhibition is open from Wednesday 13 November 2024 at 11:00 am to Saturday 17 May 2025 at 18:00pm on the first floor at the Science Gallery London, Great Maze Pond, London, England, SE1.Science Gallery is very conveniently placed inside King's College London Guys Campus, opposite London Bridge British Rail Entrance. There is a hospitable café on the ground floor to enjoy open till 5 pm.

Written by Mary Zagoritou on 16.01.2025

Photos and Photo Collage by Mary Zagoritou

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