On December 7, to mark the close of the second year of the Congolines project’s investigation, KBR is organizing a second public meeting with the project’s researchers, coordinated by the Royal Museum for Central Africa, in partnership with KBR, UNIKIN (Kinshasa, DRC), and Ghent University.
The primary aim of the project’s researchers is to recontextualize the phenomenon of drawing on paper in the DRC during the colonial times in the first half of the 20th century.
Does Albert Lubaki exist?
Following last year’s initial meeting, which focused on the general state of the research, this second meeting will center on research dedicated to the artist Albert Lubaki and the questioning of his existence.
To understand the past, the Congolines project team works between field research, archival dives, and technical analyses of the drawings. Like private detectives, they unravel complex stories and often find more questions than answers.
Program
2:00 pm: Introduction: Bambi Ceuppens, Vicky Van Bockhaven, and Joris Van Grieken
2:20 pm: Diana Salakheddin “Tracing the Biography of Albert Lubaki. Problems and Methodological Aspects.”
2:40 pm: Ophélie Laloy “Georges Thiry, a Primary Literary Source?”
3:00 pm: Yvette Nyalusala Ikando “Mural Painting as a Means of Cultural Communication in the Northeast of the DRC.”
3:20 pm: Conclusion: Bambi Ceuppens, Vicky Van Bockhaven, and Joris Van Grieken
3:30-4:00 pm: Public Q&A
4:00-4:30 pm: Closing and coffee
