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READ MORE Blackness is Blooming Symposium report

Blackness is Blooming was a symposium held at Zeitz Mocaa that delved into the complex experiences of exile and the aftermath of displacement as explored in the exhibition A Protea Is Not a Flower. READ MORE Film Screening: Aquila, J.M. Coetzee and The Jesus Trilogy

The CHR welcomed J.M. Coetzee on his visit to the CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab and was proud to host the screening of Aquila, a film by Callum Chiplin and Jade Harris-Tyler, based on Coetzee’s The Jesus Trilogy. READ MORE Open Call: The Cape Town Workshop

We are delighted to announce that applications are now open for a fully funded 12-day research and practice-led programme of workshops, discussions, and encounters with historical archives and contemporary practice in July 2027.
October 13, 2026

International Workshop in Visual History and Theory, 2026 Book and Exhibition Launch: Makuapis

The CHR will be hosting its annual International Workshop in Visual History & Theory at Iyatsiba Lab on 16-17 October 2026, in partnership with Université-Paris-8, on the theme of 'Looking Together.' Migration, solidarity and mobility across time and space are key themes. This workshop includes a series of panels and lectures, and coincides with the launch of an exhibition, Makuapis, on Thursday 15 October at Iyatsiba Lab.
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October 9, 2026

International Workshop in Visual History and Theory, 2026, Keynote lecture by Zeynep Devrim Gürsel

The CHR will be hosting its annual International Workshop in Visual History & Theory at Iyatsiba Lab on 16-17 October 2026, in partnership with Université-Paris-8, on the theme of 'Looking Together.' Migration, solidarity and mobility across time and space are key themes. The workshop includes a public keynote lecture by Zeynep Gürsel which will address border surveillance photography.
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October 9, 2026

International Workshop in Visual History & Theory 2026: Raphael Grisey, Introducing the Bouba Touré Archive

The CHR will be hosting its annual International Workshop in Visual History & Theory at Iyatsiba Lab on 16-17 October 2026, in partnership with Université-Paris-8, on the theme of 'Looking Together.' Migration, solidarity and mobility across time and space are key themes.
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October 10, 2025

In Black Women’s Hands: A History of Gestures in Photography and Textile

Contemporary Black female artists have reclaimed the everyday labor and domestic motions women have historically performed, as artistic gestures in their own right. For example, the ceramic and bronze sculptures of the African-American artist Simone Leigh have referenced vernacular processes like washing chores and needlework.
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July 20, 2025

Gesture, Movement, Freedom: on the Micro, International Workshop on Visual History & Theory, 14-15 October 2025.

The 2025 International Workshop on Visual History & Theory will take place between October 14-15. It takes as its starting point the notion of gesture, which operates across a range of literal and conceptual levels.
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November 19, 2024

Puppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects.

The CHR is pleased to announce the publication of Puppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects, which includes a chapter by senior lecturer and convenor of the Laboratory of Kinetic Objects (LoKO), Aja Marneweck, and Handspring Puppet Company co-founder Jill Joubert.
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