The Afrosurreal Quotidian
Visual artist Kuln'Zu unveils the dreamlike multiplicities of queer African identities.
By African Leadership Academy
Curated By: Umazi Mvurya
The Afrosurreal Quotidian is part of the Ancient Civilizations & Futuristic Visions exhibit featuring works that draw from African stories and experiences to reimagine the present and inspire new futures.
Meet The Artist
Kuln’Zu, a Mozambican artist in Nairobi, explores movement, migration, and identity through photography, collage, and poetry. Focusing on male bodies and embracing fragmentation, their work delves into the complexities of multiple identities using diverse mediums and techniques.
The AfroSurreal Quotidian
The AfroSurreal Quotidian is a digital collage portrait series capturing the intimate, queer lives of young Africans in a surreal, dreamlike, and tender way. It explores the idea that we all hold multiple identities, wearing different masks and evolving as we grow and change.
The Afrosurreal Quotidian (2024) by Kuln'ZuAfrican Leadership Academy
The characters in this series are called Errants: beings who exist in constant motion, at intersections where beginnings and endings blend.
The errant is depicted with a face and an indistinct body, each image refusing to fully reveal itself to the viewer.
They embody excess, living in a world where dreams, desire, tenderness, and myths converge.
The Afrosurreal Quotidian (2024) by Kuln'ZuAfrican Leadership Academy
There's an invitation to the mystical in each portrayal, suggesting existence beyond mere physical form—embodying multiple limbs, heads, or bodies—to broaden the spectrum of experience.
This embodies AfroSurrealism, where the spiritual, sensual, and political merge, exploring how visibility is negotiated for black queer bodies in motion.
Curated By: Umazi Mvurya
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