Walk and Talk: CATPC

Garden of Scars was an installation that invited you to walk through it. For the public programme surrounding it, speakers from different fields of knowledge walked through the Oude Kerk and discussed questions and thoughts that the work raised for them. Unlike usual museum guides, the “walkers” were thinkers and makers, choosing their own perspective as a starting point. On the 19th of March, visitors were invited to walk with members of the collective CATPC.

Matthieu Kasiama, Mbuku Kimpala, and Ced'art Tamasala are members of CATPC (Congolese Plantation Workers Art League), a cooperative of Congolese plantation worker artists who often collaborate with artist Renzo Martens. They know Mahama's work well and together make a strong case for building a solid cultural infrastructure for African communities from the bottom up. In 2022, at CATPC's invitation, Ibrahim Mahama made a monumental installation from burlap bags with which he covered the White Cube.