Public Lecture : 06.08.2025, Institution-Building Tactics and Artistic Thinking in Independent Art Spaces

What sustains independent art spaces—and how might we theorise their resilience?Across the African continent, independent art spaces have emerged as critical sites for cultural production, experimentation, and community-building. They operate within shifting social, political, and economic contexts, often navigating limited resources through inventive models of institution-building and artistic thinking.This lecture considers these spaces not merely as physical sites but as living framewor