BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260530T140950EDT-3441OHbDn7@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260530T180950Z DESCRIPTION:Please note that due to the weather event and class cancellatio ns today\, this event has been cancelled.\n\nThis event will not be resche duled on account of time restraints.\n\n----\n\nPlease join us on March 11 for a conversation with the visual artist Sammy Baloji. Introduced and mo derated by Prof. Pedro Monaville (History and Classical Studies)\, the con versation will center on Baloji and Monaville's ongoing collaboration on t he history of the Congo in the world in the 20th Century.\n\nThe event wil l take place from 4:00 to 5:30pm in Leacock 738.\n\nArtist's short bio: \n Sammy Baloji is a visual artist whose work explores questions related to h istorical memory in the Democratic Republic of Congo\, with a strong focus on the history and legacy of colonial extractivism in Katanga. Baloji wor ks across photography\, film\, sculpture\, and installation. A Chevalier d es Arts et des Lettres\, he has received numerous fellowships\, awards and distinctions\, notably at the African Photography Encounters of Bamako an d the Dakar Biennale\, and was a laureate of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. In 2019-2020\, he was a resident of the French Academy of Rome – Villa Medici. His most recent personal exhibitions include Echoes of History\, Shadows of Progress at the EMST in Athens (2025)\, his solo e xhibition at Goldsmiths CCA (2024)\, K(C)ongo\, Fragments of Interlaced Di alogues\, Palazzo Pitti\, Florence (2022) and Beaux-Arts de Paris (2021). He is the co-founder of the Rencontres Picha/Biennale de Lubumbashi.\n DTSTART:20260311T200000Z DTEND:20260311T213000Z SUMMARY:CANCELLED - A conversation with Sammy Baloji URL:/history/channels/event/cancelled-conversation-sam my-baloji-371586 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR