Iraa-the Granary by Immy Mali
Rest at Tea with Iraa-the granary
Venue: TBC
Exhibition opening: 8th March 2022 at 8:00 a.m
Event: Private (invitations only)
The session will take place on the morning of 8.03.2020 as a precursor event to other programming around the exhibition opening of the show Njabala-This is not how which will happen later in the day. The Njabala foundation has had roundtable discussions with artists before under the project Tuwaye. Rest at Tea with Iraa-the granary will engage in a similar format of sharing under the theme of rest.
The event will be private with about 12 people interested in the art scene at the session Rest and Tea. This session is designed to be informal and casual in approach to the rest theme. Participants are expected to relax in a homely calm environment which does not solicit any expectations other than getting to know each other and hopefully growing a network that will be helpful for future engagements.
About Iraa the Granary
Iraa is a Lugbara word for granary, a place where a family’s plentiful harvests are kept for consumption in times of need. Iraa takes on an experimental format to networking and memory gathering starting with the literal preparation and sharing of food as the point of departure. Food is a congregator, builder of trust and somehow identities. This space is one for the intricacies, the memories of who we are and the moments in which we continue to live. A story-telling that does not separate the narrator and the protagonist.
The experiments also aim to explore existent modes of archiving within various Ugandan traditions. “I have found that other than mouth to ear testimony of an artist’s existence in Uganda, it’s often an uphill struggle to find and share further information due to what seems like “anomalous” archiving systems. It is the desire to explore these systems as well as attempt to create a living archive that has led to the birth of Iraa-the granary…” Text by Immy Mali