Black Females in Architecture (BFA), in collaboration with DēpART, proudly presents their first-ever exhibition, "Earth, Memory, and the Spaces We Inhabit", as part of the London Festival of Architecture’s Voices series.
The exhibition explores matrilineal legacies through sound, sculpture, and architecture, boldly challenging the traditional boundaries of architecture.
Part of BFA’s MA Project, this exhibition is a key moment in an ongoing research and creative journey exploring spatial narratives through the lens of African and diasporic heritage.
In a built environment where Black women have historically been underrepresented and undervalued, this groundbreaking exhibition centers memory, care, and generational knowledge as vital forces in reshaping our spatial realities. Rooted in the Sankofa principle — the act of retrieving wisdom from the past to build the future — BFA reimagines architecture as an embodied act of listening, remembering, and envisioning new worlds.
Guided by the themes of ecology, leisure and sustenance, the exhibition will feature: three architectural interventions, sculptural and design objects by a series of incredible diasporic artists, a sonic installation by Edan, and cinematic portraits by Liberian filmmaker Cianeh A. Kpukuyou.
A collaboration between BFA, DepArt and Edan. Supported by the Public Discourse program at rearc institute for LFA2025. Part of a series of takeovers at NOW Gallery, Greenwich Peninsula.
