Nkhensani Mkhari & Luiza Prado about Art, Food, Language & Resistance

The Talk is moderated by Jumoke Olusanmi. The podcast is part of the accompanying program of the exhibition »Food, Art & Activism: Nourishing Ourselves & Each Other« at M.Bassy Hamburg.

M.Bassy Podcast, Episode 1

Luiza Prado de O. Martins

Luiza Prado de O. Martins (b. 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, lives and works in Berlin) is an artist, writer, and scholar. Her work moves between installation and herbalist practices, using performance and ritual as a way of invitation and activation for audiences. Her practice explores relations and knowledge between plants, political infrastructures, and technology, and questions what structures and processes are needed for collective concerns of environmental care and reproductive justice.

Nkhensani Mkhari

Nkhensani Mkhari (b. 1994 in Johannesburg, lives and work in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a transdisciplinary curator, writer and artist with an artistic practice that operates at the intersection of aesthetic sociology, technology, performance, and spirituality. They exhibited and performed in the exhibition »Beyond AI:Resistance & Coexistence« at M.Bassy in spring 2024. Now, during the artist's time in Hamburg, Mkhari will be working on a project titled »Digital Apothecary: Indawo Yezindlela Zokupheka«. An online archive of recipes passed down through generations of their family, who have long employed plant medicine and food as communal healing agents and repositories for ancestral spirits. This digital apothecary aims to preserve and share these invaluable traditions, offering a glimpse into the rich pastiche of the family's history. By making these recipes accessible to a wider audience, Mkhari hopes to contribute to the ongoing exploration of indigenous healing practices and the revitalization of ancestral knowledge and peripheral epistemes.