Recursions: a cartography of unfinished grounds

Recursions: a cartography of unfinished grounds centres on the dialogue between the work of Kiluanji Kia Henda and three Angolan artists—Flávio Cardoso, Lilianne Kiame and Raul Jorge Gourgel—, in order to reflect on the promises, failures, and ruins of modernity. The exhibition is structured around the idea of recursion: an organic process of return that encompasses both past and present, marked by recurrent, unfinished, and constantly shifting movements. With strong ties to territory and landscape, the works trace cycles of memory and speculation, proposing Angola as a living archive of collective imagination.

Through different languages such as photography, painting, installation, video, and performance Recursions offers a map that analyses the current impact of colonial legacies. Moving beyond fixed historical narratives, the exhibition presents itself as a provisional compass, locating a territory with unstable contours from which new horizons may emerge.