In 1875 explorer Henry Morton Stanley (UK 1841-1904) produced a photograph of Kabaka (King) Muteesa of Buganda (UG, 1838-1884) and his chiefs. Muteesa’s land was positioned on the northern shore of a body of water that we now call Lake Victo-ria, in a country that would later be named after his kingdom. …

Twenty Ugandan artists made their interpretation of the first photograph made of a Buganda monarch. The picture, made in 1875 by Henry Morton Stanley has been (mis)interpreted by engravers. Even though the pictures that are known in Uganda of Kabaka (King) Muteesa are based on Stanley’s photograph, the …

De eerste vier jaar van het lectoraat Image in Context van het Kenniscentrum Kunst en Samenleving – onderdeel van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen – wordt gemarkeerd met de tentoonstelling We, people in transition. De tentoonstelling toont een selectie van de projecten die het lectoraat, onder leiding van …

Parallele portretten. Wat is een portret? En welke positie hebben ouderen in onze samenleving? Deze vragen vormden het vertrekpunt voor een interculturele dialoog tussen studenten en docenten van Academie Minerva en Uganda Christian University. Het idee van het portret is via verschillende media onderzocht, …

Ebifananyi 4, based on the Ham Mukasa Foundation Archive that HIPUganda digitised, has had several exhibition versions. This one puts a strong emphasis on the works produced by Ugandan artists and Dutch and Ugandan art students for the project. In this other exhibition creating an opportunity to explore …

Ebifananyi 4, based on the Ham Mukasa Foundation Archive that HIPUganda digitised, has had several exhibition versions. This one is part of Global Imaginations, an exhibition organised by Museum de Lakenhal in Leiden in an old factory. In this installation the visitor had the opportunity to dive into …