An immersive exhibition in Accra traces the fragile boundaries between space, identity and collective memory.
In this exhibition, curated by Ngoné Fall, Amenuke invites viewers into a terrain where dreaming becomes a method of mapping. The exhibition Dreaming is a Map unfolds as a tactile and spatial meditation on how we inhabit, define and unsettle the worlds around us. The exhibition situates Amenuke’s practice within a broader inquiry into the politics of space and the emotional textures of belonging.
Installation view
Amenuke’s large-scale installations, composed of fibres, textiles, discarded clothing and organic materials, resist fixed interpretation. Suspended and sprawling, her soft sculptural forms evoke constellations or living systems that seem to breathe within the gallery. These works move between order and disorder, harmony and dissonance, suggesting that the structures we impose on the world are always provisional.
Central to the exhibition is the ongoing ‘Habitation’ series, where amorphous entities infiltrate dreamlike environments. Here, Amenuke questions the desire to control or define space, exposing the instability of borders and identities. The installations do not simply occupy space but transform it, inviting viewers into a sensory encounter that is at once intimate and disorienting.
Installation view
There is also a quiet insistence on care within her practice. Through labour-intensive processes such as stitching, quilting and assemblage, Amenuke foregrounds acts of devotion and communal making. These gestures become metaphors for resilience, particularly for marginalised and voiceless communities whose experiences are often overlooked. Her works offer moments of optimism, not as resolution but as possibility.
Based in Kumasi and working across teaching and research, Amenuke brings a deeply considered engagement with materiality and spatial politics. Her exploration of fibre as both medium and concept reflects an interest in transformation and the evolving aesthetics of contemporary African art.
Presented as part of Nubuke Foundation’s twentieth-anniversary programming, Dreaming is a Map also speaks to the institution’s enduring commitment to nurturing experimental practices in Ghana. The exhibition becomes a meeting point between the artist, the space, and the audience, where dreaming is not an escape but a way of navigating complexity.
In Amenuke’s hands, the map is never fixed. It is soft, shifting and unfinished, much like the worlds we continue to imagine into being.
The exhibition is on view at the Nubuke Foundation until 30 May 2026.
