Journal Road Trip 2026

Institutional Profile, 2009–2026

A practice
in motion.

An extended account of the journeys, method, track record and relationships of Invisible Borders — the artist-led Trans-African project founded in Nigeria in 2009.

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Cover. A Practice in Motion. Institutional Profile, 2009–2026.
Cover 01 / 33
Proposition
Proposition 02 / 33
Press
Press 03 / 33
Plate
Plate 04 / 33
Position and method
Position and method 05 / 33
One project, four tangents
One project, four tangents 06 / 33
At a glance
At a glance 07 / 33
The aims
The aims 08 / 33
The aims
The aims 09 / 33
The Road Trips
The Road Trips 10 / 33
The Road Trips
The Road Trips 11 / 33
The Road Trips
The Road Trips 12 / 33
A practice through time
A practice through time 13 / 33
A practice through time
A practice through time 14 / 33
Encounters, interactions. Van and participants stuck in mud, Ekok, Cameroun. 2011. Some participants after being in mud for 3 days on the Trans-African Road between Nigeria and Cameroun. 2011. IB participants presents workshop outcome at Les Petites Pierres in Dakar, 2014.
Encounters, interactions 15 / 33
Encounters, interactions. Lesedi, film maker and participant of IB 2012 Road Trip. Workshop with Tchadian Photographers in N’djamena. 2011. Jumoke discussing with Tchadian women. N’djamena, 2011.
Encounters, interactions 16 / 33
Artists at work. Uche Okpa photographing in Bamako, Mali. 2010. Emeka filming in Khartoum, Sudan. 2011. Emmanuel writing and blogging in N’djamena, Tchad. 2011.
Artists at work 17 / 33
Artists at work. Emeka photographing in Nouadhibou, Mauritania. 2014. Kenechukwu photographing in Ilorin, Nigeria. 2017. Eloghosa sitting to photograph in Umuahia, Nigeria. 2016.
Artists at work 18 / 33
Artists at work. Thero Makepe photographing during one of our encounters in Namibia. 2022. Thero and Anita create a collaborative performative work on the road in Botswana, en route to Namibia. 2022. Thero shares the results of his photographs with the protagonists through his camera/phone screen in Namibia. 2022.
Artists at work 19 / 33
A Trans-African Worldspace
A Trans-African Worldspace 20 / 33
A Trans-African Worldspace. Invisible Borders at the 56th Venice Biennale of Arts. “A Trans-African Worldspace”. 9 May – 22 November 2015.
A Trans-African Worldspace 21 / 33
A Trans-African Worldspace
A Trans-African Worldspace 22 / 33
Re-member / The Moving Archive
Re-member / The Moving Archive 23 / 33
Propagate / The Relational Studio
Propagate / The Relational Studio 24 / 33
Selected public moments. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2017. Photography Museum, Amsterdam (FOAM), 2017. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2017.
Selected public moments 25 / 33
Track record
Track record 26 / 33
Track record
Track record 27 / 33
Track record
Track record 28 / 33
Recognition and press
Recognition and press 29 / 33
The next movement
The next movement 30 / 33
Relations
Relations 31 / 33
Relations
Relations 32 / 33
Partnership and collaboration
Partnership and collaboration 33 / 33

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