07/04/2026
Four artists. Four distinct practices. One shared exploration of identity, power and the stories that shape us.
(Supposedly like) Oil and Water brings together works that challenge, unravel and reimagine narratives across cultures, histories, and bodies.
Jasmin Moallim, , is a Berlin-based artist, fashion designer, textile artist, and photographer, currently studying African Art History at Freie Universität Berlin. Jasmin's work centres on freedom, human rights, and equality.
Jasmin presents The Threads are Woven Together, a photography installation exploring how colonial histories continue to shape narratives of sexuality, culture, and tradition.
Mona Okulla Obua, .okulla.obua, is a German-Ugandan poet, director, and video artist. A graduate of the Film University "Konrad Wolf" Babelsberg, Mona's award-winning works explore poetic storytelling, spirituality, Afro-surrealism, indigenous knowledge and diasporic identity.
Mona presents Lawino / Mirror, a film installation responding to Okot p'Bitek's Song of Lawino, a layered homage to Northern Ugandan literary history.
Logan February,, is a Nigerian poet and multidisciplinary artist exploring desire, psychospirituality, and Afro-q***r identity. Author of In The N**e and Mental Voodoo, and fellow of DAAD Artists-in-Berlin, Literaturhaus Wien, and Junge Akademie.
They present Thrall, a poetry film examining the q***r African body as a site of pleasure and power, violence and vulnerability, endurance and escape, through the lens of B**M.
Ncube, , a Zimbabwean director and writer, has created 4 feature films, 15+ theatre works, 5 books, and 20+ short films.
They present The Malelevision Show episode, featuring screenings of The Epiphany and Madam Baby, alongside a live performance with readings from Accomplished Women.
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