The exhibitions area of the Forum will spotlight emerging African artists, offering a dynamic platform for new creative voices to showcase their work within the vibrant Cultural and Creative Industries. Alongside individual artistic expressions, thematic exhibitions, such as those focused on textile production, explore the rich traditions, innovative techniques, and contemporary reinterpretations that define Africa creativity.
HERITAGE IN MOTION
Curated by Roundabout, a gathering space for experiences, discovery and dialogue on sustainability, circularity and innovation in Africa.
Heritage in Motion explores the influence of traditional African craft on contemporary design, not as nostalgia, but as a foundation for future-making. It highlights the dynamic relationship between past and future, where legacy practices are not preserved as static relics, but transformed into living systems of design, sustainability, and cultural expression.
It considers how inherited techniques, often passed down informally, quietly, and by hand, are being reactivated with new perspectives. In doing so, it reframes heritage as a site of experimentation, adaptability, and cultural authorship. Heritage in Motion also celebrates the new ideas and processes emerging across the continent that build on these foundations to bring sustainable solutions into local spaces. Whether through design studios, artisan networks, or grassroots production models, these approaches reimagine what innovation looks like, thoughtful, collaborative, and deeply connected to the land and people they serve.
This exhibition looks at heritage as an evolving conversation, one that is deeply local but also inherently pan-African. It celebrates the power of collaboration, material integrity, and the act of making by hand. It is a reminder that traditional processes, when applied with new energy and imagination, have the potential to ignite entire movements of sustainable creativity. By situating African craft in motion, between time, place, and possibility, this exhibition invites us to consider what we inherit, what we adapt, and what we pass on.
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