Musoke Nalwoga

In Staying with the Trouble, Donna Haraway proposes that it matters what thoughts think thoughts, what worlds world worlds, and therefore also what knots knot knots. We read What Knots Knot Knots as a string-figuring of  entangled, mutually implicating histories that shape the northern provinces of the Netherlands. What Knots Knot Knots reads archives, landscapes and collective memories as interconnected knots: overlapping layers of colonial infrastructures, knowledge systems, migration histories and institutional practices that continue to structure the present. What Knots Knot Knots is a site responsive exhibition that stretches across four cultural institution. In Groningen, the focus lies on archives, knowledge production and systems of representation; in Friesland, on maritime networks and institutional memory; and in Drenthe, on migration histories and the social and spatial afterlives of colonial structures. 📍VHDG, Leeuwarden - opening 26 juni, artist talk 27 juni Presenting artists: Cihad Caner, Thato Toeba & Jori(k) A. Galama @cihadcaner @thatotoeba @jorigalama @vhdg.kunst 📍Herinneringscentrum Westerbork — opening 4 juli Presenting Artists: Koos Breukel & Ana Guedes @koosbreukel @kampwesterbork 📍Groninger Museum, locatie Wall House #2 - opening 5 juli Presenting Artists: Ofri Cnaani & Yeb Wiersma @ofricnaani @yebwiersma @groningermuseumofficial 📍Noorderlicht - finissage 29 & 30 augustus Presenting Artist: Faisel Saro @faiselsaro @noorderlichtphotography Curators: Musoke Nalwoga & Roosje Klap (in collaborating Koen Bartijn) @cyborgtruffel @roosjeklap @koenbartijn GRONINGEN IS A TWO HOUR TRAIN RIDE, PACK YOUR PEOPLE UP AND COME SUPPORT YOUR GIRL!!! graphic design @bdebaets

happiness is going to get you

Wij verwelkomen Musoke Nalwoga als co-curator voor ons programma 2026–2027! Als curator, schrijver en onderzoeker focust ze op fotografie en andere vormen van lens-based media. Haar praktijk beweegt zich op het snijvlak van belichaamde kennis, maken, archiefvorming en de politieke kracht van beeld met daarin aandacht voor technologie en materialiteit. Samen met onze directeur zal zij de komende jaren werken aan ons artistieke programma PLAY, met drie nauw aan elkaar verbonden trajecten: What Knots Knot Knots (2026), de pre-biënnale Thinking Hands (2026) en de biënnale PLAY (2027). 🚀 ENG: We warmly welcome Musoke Nalwoga as co-curator for our 2026–2027 programme! As a curator, writer, and researcher, she focuses on photography and other forms of lens-based media. Her practice moves at the intersection of embodied knowledge, making, archiving, and the political power of images, with particular attention to technology and materiality. Together with our director, she will be shaping our artistic programme PLAY in the coming years, across three closely interlinked trajectories: What Knots Knot Knots (2026), the pre-biennale Thinking Hands(2026), and the biennale PLAY (2027). 🚀 Musoka Nalwoga @cyborgtruffel Photo by @jantinatalsma #cocurator #noorderlichtbiennial #whatknotsknotknots #thinkinghands #play

Went to Taqwarina’s ethereal world in Maastricht @taqwabnali @kasteelwijlre

Some joys from Melly’s awards ceremony last week. @kunstinstituutmelly

CPT on film 💝

@thatotoeba ‘s debut CPT solo. CAPE TOWN 18 October - 29 November 2025 THATO TOEBA SEHLAHLA SE TUKANG EMPA SE SA CHE Thnx for the Trust

Barry Jenkins’ women

✨ In this video, we invite you to listen in on a thoughtful exchange between Thato Toeba @thatotoeba , one of the artists shaping this exhibition, and Musoke Nalwoga @cyborgtruffel , researcher, curator & institution builder. Together, they explore the making of Tools for Conviviality II, an exhibition, developed in collaboration with our neighbors @hiphophuis , that transforms MELLY into a space of gathering, listening, and shared experience. From a 5,000-strong vinyl collection cared for by Dimitri Madimin and Philip Powell, to second-hand furniture selected by Thato that carries its own histories, the exhibition reimagines MELLY as a lived-in, communal environment. Thato also shares insights into their artistic process of designing a custom console for the curated vinyl selections, approached as a three-dimensional collage. This conversation offers a deeper look into how sound, storytelling, and everyday objects come together to create a sense of common ground. ⏳ Don’t miss your chance! It’s the last few days to experience Tools for Conviviality II before we prepare for our next exhibition, opening October 11th. Join us at the closing party this Saturday September 13th. 🎥: Watch the full version of this conversation on YouTube. Link in bio.

I went looking for black women. Prince Gyasi, The Process II, 2025 Widline Cadet, Nan Letènite, 2021 Lindokuhle Sobekwa, My mother at work, I carry Her photo with Me, 2018 Mame-Diarra Niang, Fait de mémoire, 2021 Kennedi Carter, (Untitled) Self Portrait, 2019 Frida Orupabo, Angelo, 2020 Sabelo Mlangeni, Bheki and Nhlanhla, 2008 Deana Lawson, Eternity, 2017 Dana Lixenberg, Wilteysha, 1993, uit de serie Imperial Courts, 1993-2015 David Goldblatt, On this bed in the room that she build for him, Ellen Pakkies, 2010 Zanele Muholi, Apinda Mpako and Ayanda Magudulela,Parktown, Johannesburg, 2007 Taco Anema, Zonder titel (Familie Nahumury, Amsterdam), 2004 Valérie Belin, Untitled (Black Women II #1), 2006 Robert van der Hilst, Tropicana Club dancer in backstage dressingroom, Havana, 1987 In the collection of Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography @huismarseille

✨ SPREAD THE GOOD WORD ✨ ✨ What: Book Launch ✨ When: 18th of April (6 PM—12 PM) ✨ Where: @ikii.berlin ✨ How: RSVP via #linkinbio Join us for a celebration of Black Queer Errantry in our final stop, Berlin. Music curation by @maryisonacid | @africanacidisthefuture Hosted by @Motormond | @cyborgtruffel | @sophiedouala Drinks selection: @ikii.berlin | Bites: TBA wandering, exploring, and defiance of prescrives paths is not just a physical journey, but a political, emotional, and spiritual one that transcends our individual art practices and reflects our life experiences. — Keren Lasme and Nella Ngingo, Motormond Magazine, Issue 1 ERRANT BLACK GIRLHOODS

TONIGHT 6-8 (and one more for the main feed) Join us for the launch of MOTORMOND Magazine at Printed Matter, the first publication of MOTORMOND—an art space based in Amsterdam dedicated to Pan-Diaspora cultures, particularly B.I.P.O.C. and Queer communities. Musoke Nalwoga (Chief Editor) and Sophie Douala (Head of Design) will introduce the publication and provide time for questions. The inaugural issue of MOTORMOND is a photographic conversation on Black Queer Errantry between photographers Siomara Van Bochove, Bernice Mulenga and Keren Lasme, collage artist Thato Toeba, Shasha movies’ Róisín Tapponi, video artist Aida Aslaksen, and social activist DeLovie Kwagala intertwined with design interventions by Sophie Douala. Musoke Nalwoga serves as Chief Editor of the magazine.