25 Nov 2026
19:30 - 21:30
Book Launch: Subjective Atlas of Lubumbashi
On 25 November, Framer Framed hosts the book launch of Subjective Atlas of Lubumbashi, an atlas of Lubumbashi that looks beyond the colonial grid, railway lines and mining infrastructure of Congo’s second-largest city. On the initiative of independent art and research centre Picha, nearly a hundred inhabitants mapped their lived experiences.
The drawings, photo series and alternative cartographies in the atlas acknowledge both the city’s wounds and its cultural vitality: tracing fear and affection, displacement and belonging, neighbourhood economies, night-time rhythms, rituals and personal landmarks. These poetic gestures resist being pinned down to coordinates, but unveil a constellation of interconnected worlds where memory, labour, creativity, pain and resilience meet, allowing to imagine potential futures from this point forward.
The atlas is developed in the context of the 8th and 9th Lubumbashi Biennale and has been launched during the opening events at Picha in October 2026. During the Dutch book launch at Framer Framed, three of its editors reflect on this year’s biannual, the urban reality of Lubumbashi and the process and stories of this enriching subjective atlas. Lubumbashi is not a city to be easily navigated, but a city to be lived, loved, hated, remembered and constantly transformed.
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Framer Framed
Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71
1093 KS, Amsterdam
Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; and Municipality of Amsterdam.
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