Wan Acel | Tuli Bamu | Turibamwe | We Are One

Artisan Weavers' Collective, Sana Gateja, Taga Nuwagaba, Xenson Ssenkaba, Jose Hendo, Odur Ronald

The Uganda Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia features a group exhibition comprising the work of five individual artists and a twenty-six-person collective of weavers. Curated by Acaye Kerunen, Wan Acel | Tuli Bamu | Turibamwe | We Are One dismantles prevailing barriers that serve to exclude artists and makers through unneeded hierarchies for entry into the art world. The exhibition celebrates an intimate, multi-sensory kaleidoscope of sculpture, architecture, materiality, and artisanship. Bark cloth, black asper bamboo, paper beads, natural fibers, video installation, and sound are all part of the nuanced story that reveals an architecture of place in time.

Commissioner: Juliana Naumo Akoryo

Curator: Elizabeth Acaye Kerunen