Roxane Mbanga

NOIRES is an itinerant instalment of my home, featuring prints, textiles, moving images, sound, and books as well as personal and everyday objects. NOIRES adapts to the spaces that host it, transforming for each context it inhabits, accumulating new objects and stories in its wake. The installation functions as an intimate space for welcoming, listening and exchanging around diasporic experiences. Activated by a public program, it encourages audience members to discuss their own experiences of diasporic identity and perceptions of self.

sculpture drawing photography print video book fashion design spoken words

September 2022 | San Mei Gallery | London
Photographer: Jack Elliot Edwards

September 2022 | San Mei Gallery | London
NOIRES posters pasted on the window of the exhibition space.
Collaboration between César Rogers and Roxane Mbanga.

Photographer: Jack Elliot Edwards

September 2022 | San Mei Gallery | London
Photographer: Jack Elliot Edwards

September 2022 | San Mei Gallery | London

Triptych of tapestry made with synthetic hair.

Collaboration between Rachel Marsil and Roxane Mbanga.
Photographer: Jack Elliot Edwards

September 2022 | San Mei Gallery | London
Photographer: Jack Elliot Edwards

NOIRES

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