THE LIBRARY OF THINGS WE FORGOT TO REMEMBER

Posted by Katy Taplin posted on August 02, 2021
THE LIBRARY OF THINGS WE FORGOT TO REMEMBER

THE LIBRARY OF THINGS WE FORGOT TO REMEMBER

 

It was a pleasure to work with long time friend and collaborator artist Kudzanai Chiurai on the furniture for he latest project, The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember, at 44 Stanley Avenue.


The Library is an interactive audio-visual archive of black resistance. It was founded in 2017 by Chiurai, and includes his extensive vinyl record collection of music related to different liberation movements in southern Africa from the 1970s-80s. The library also exhibits posters and pamphlets produced in the 1970s-80s, in support of Zimbabwe's independence struggle.





“I consider the archival material and recording as broadcasts of Afro-futures. A frequency that mobilised and energised the struggle for independence and liberation. It's an archive that brings the past into the present and will continue to echo as we consider our futures.”





 
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