The three countries of the African continent in this exhibition share several common traits - the Bantu language, the majestic Congo River and the great land of Africa herself. We were inspired to design an exhibition that responds to the varied geography of these countries where these artefacts were originally found.
These plinths creating an entire abstracted and sinuous landscape where one circulates through the various sections of the exhibition in a linear fashion, although experientially, it is more of an indirect and organic experience. They suggest, in parts, a forest, a meandering river, a hill, a temple, and a savannah grassland.
The method of display can be something more intrinsic and coherent to the whole spatial experience. All plinths are various in heights for the artefacts which also serve as caption surfaces, seats, guide stands etc. This forms an organisational structure and logic.
Photographs by Jeremy San Tzer Ning
