Commissioned by Kanal, Otobong Nkanga transforms one of the vast open spaces into an intimate site for encounter and co-creation. At the heart of the installation are wooden looms where participants, who have received prior training, work side by side. Skills and experiences are exchanged. Threads are woven, and personal and collective stories become interlaced. Weaving turns into a "social act", a joint endeavour that contributes to the evolving artwork. In the setting of the new museum – formerly a car garage and large-scale production site – the installation invites you to reflect on the labour and the economic structures that underpin cultural institutions and the world at large. In her work, Otobong Nkanga examines how these systems and processes shape relationships between people,...