KLA ART 014

Unmapped

Oct. 4 – Oct. 31, 2014

KLA ART 014 is Kampala’s biennial contemporary art festival.  Throughout the month of October, the festival will showcase contemporary artists from Uganda and Uganda’s neighbouring countries to the public.   This year’s theme is Unmapped; who are the unheard voices of our cities? How can we represent and celebrate the unseen urban-dweller?

The festival is made up of three areas:

The festival exhibition will showcase a selection of artists from Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, South Sudan and Rwanda; five Ugandan curators, with South African curator Gabi Ngcobo’s curatorial advisory, will work with the artists to unearth, challenge and represent the unmapped, unplanned and unheard artisan traders of these countries’ major cities.  The exhibition will consist of newly commissioned work, created in Kampala specifically for KLA ART 014.

The Boda Boda Project is a selection of twenty Ugandan artists who will create artworks in, on or with a boda boda motorcycle taxi; one of the most iconic elementsof Kampala-life. The boda bodas will drive together through the city of Kampala, stopping at one key location each day to set up a unique temporary exhibition space. The boda boda becomes a vehicle to showcase the latest works of Ugandan artists, mapping the city, engaging directly with the public and showcasing the new and unseen ideas of Uganda’s contemporary artists.

An open studios network running throughout the festival will allow visitors to travel through Kampala on a KLA ART 014 matatu to ‘Unmap’ artworks, ideas and creations by Ugandan artists direct from their studio

KLA ART 014, Festival Exhibition artists

• Dennis Muraguri (KE)Francis X. Nnaggenda (UG)
• Helen Nabukenya (UG)
• Helen Zeru (ETH)
• Mulugeta Gebrekidan (ETH)
• Paul Ndunguru (TZ)
• Paul Bukenya Katamiira  (UG)
• Tony Cyizanye (RW)
• Vithois Mwilambwe (DRC)
• Vivian Mugume (UG)

KLA ART 014, Boda Boda Project artists

• Anest Gabriel Shaloom (UG)
• Babirye Leilah (UG)
• DAPU (UG)
• Derrick Komakech (UG)
• Kino Musoke (UG)
• Grace Sarah (UG)
• Joshua Godwin Kagimu (UG)
• Reagan Kandole (UG)
• Simon Katumba (UG)
• Kizito Mbuga (UG)
• Immy Mali and Ian Mwesiga (UG)
• Sandra Suubi Nakitto and Enock Kagga Kalule (UG)
• Adonias Ocom Ekuwe (UG)
• Ogwang Jimmy John (UG)
• Papa Shabani (UG)
• Petro (UG)
• Richard Wasike (UG)
• Ronex Ahimbisibwe (UG)
• Stacey Gillian Abe (UG)
• Xenson (UG)