About the part that art plays in a globalising society

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Chimira Obiefule. Image courtesy of the artist. Chimira Obiefule. Image courtesy of the artist.

Chimira Obiefule

Chimira Natanna Obiefule is a Nigerian-Venezuelan artist, cultural theorist and educator prioritising Black queer liberation through visual arts, performance lectures, writing and music. They are passionate about education, community building, sisterhood and somatic resistance practices, and are committed to creating languages of refusal, healing and intuitive pathways to freedom.

Previous workshops they have facilitated include Partnering with Change, a writing-based workshop as part of Gathering Earthseed (2024) at W139 in Amsterdam, and Honoring Our Journeys: Imagining and Remembering Our Collectivity (2024 – 2025) at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and later at Wereldhuis, a daytime shelter for undocumented individuals in Amsterdam.


Agenda


Workshop: Moulding the Mask, Finding the Face
A two-day mask making workshop exploring memory, heritage and creative ritual through the tactile process of papier-mâché and clay