{"id":8896582,"date":"2026-05-14T20:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=8896582"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:27:07","slug":"talk-with-resident-armelle-tulunda-at-scad-the-bakongo-cosmogram-and-the-four-realms-of-time","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/talk-with-resident-armelle-tulunda-at-scad-the-bakongo-cosmogram-and-the-four-realms-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Villa Albertine Resident\u00a0Armelle\u00a0Tulunda\u00a0at\u00a0SCAD:\u00a0The Bakongo\u00a0Cosmogram\u00a0and the Four Realms of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=armelle+tulunda+villa+albertine&amp;form=ANNH01&amp;refig=6a061f1a9fa0480aa5b5bbd48b8d1bfd&amp;pc=U531\">Armelle\u00a0Tulunda<\/a>\u00a0is a Villa Albertine resident based in Savannah, from\u00a0April 7\u00a0to May 25.\u00a0In her current research, Armelle\u00a0Tulunda\u00a0investigates the link between space exploration and colonialism.\u00a0While in the U.S. Southeast, she uncovers the spiritual and cultural traces left by enslaved Congolese people in Savannah, focusing on the Yowa\u00a0cosmogram\u00a0found at the First African Baptist Church. Through writing, photography, and interviews with local scholars and organizations, she will document these discoveries to nourish artworks on Congolese cosmology, reflecting on memory, ancestry,\u00a0slavery,\u00a0and colonialism.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"articles-small articles-small--richtext section__articles\">\n\t\t<div class=\"articles__items\" id=\"items_2475\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1218\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TULUNDA-Armelle-scaled.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Armelle Tulunda <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisual Artist\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1218\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1218);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Armelle Tulunda\u2019s artistic practice explores questions of identity, memory, and belonging through astronomy and ancestral Congolese cosmologies. Observing the night sky and reconnecting with Congolese beliefs and legends, her work creates a bridge between personal history and collective memory. Her practice often inhabits a space of paradox, reflecting her experience of being born in France to Congolese parents. Moving between light and darkness, scientific knowledge and personal narrative, Tulunda draws inspiration from satellite imagery and NASA materials while employing craft-based techniques. In continuity with her <em>Perspectives<\/em> installation series, her research in Savannah investigates the traces of Congolese cosmology preserved among enslaved communities in the American South, despite centuries of colonial erasure. Tulunda (born 1994 in Colombes, France) lives and works in the Paris region. Her work has been presented at venues, including Mucem (Marseille), the Mulhouse Photo Biennale, Hangar Y (Meudon), the Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy, La Villette (Paris), CAC \u2013 La Synagogue de Delme, and Ugly Duck (London). She received support from the Grand Est Region\u2019s Emerging Visual Arts program in 2021 and 2023, as well as a mobility grant from the Goethe-Institut and the European Union.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script>\n   function toggleDescs(rand) {\n\t  if (jQuery('#item_' + rand + ' .description').attr(\"style\") == \"display: none;\") {\n\t\t jQuery('#items_2475 .articles__item .description').each(function () {\n\t\t\tjQuery(this).hide(\"slow\");\n\t\t });\n\t\t jQuery('#items_2475 .articles__item a.seemore').each(function () {\n\t\t\tjQuery(this).html(\"See more\");\n\t\t });\n\t\t jQuery('#items_2475 .articles__item').each(function () {\n\t\t\tjQuery(this).removeClass('on');\n\t\t });\n\t\t jQuery('#item_' + rand).addClass(\"on\");\n\t\t jQuery('#item_' + rand + ' .description').show(\"slow\");\n\t\t jQuery('#more' + rand).html(\"See less\");\n\t  } else {\n\t\t jQuery('#item_' + rand + ' .articles__item').removeClass(\"off\");\n\t\t jQuery('#item_' + rand + ' .description').hide(\"slow\");\n\t\t jQuery('#more' + rand).html(\"See more\");\n\t  }\n   }\n<\/script>\n<style>\n   div.articles__item.on .article-small .article__image,\n   .article-small .article__image:hover,\n   .article-small .article__image > img:hover {\n\t  filter: grayscale(0%);\n   }\n\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8897031,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[218],"app_city_tax":[221],"app_event_type":[241],"class_list":["post-8896582","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-visual-arts","app_city_tax-atl","app_event_type-talk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Villa Albertine Resident\u00a0Armelle\u00a0Tulunda\u00a0at\u00a0SCAD:\u00a0The Bakongo\u00a0Cosmogram\u00a0and the Four Realms of Time - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/talk-with-resident-armelle-tulunda-at-scad-the-bakongo-cosmogram-and-the-four-realms-of-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Villa Albertine Resident\u00a0Armelle\u00a0Tulunda\u00a0at\u00a0SCAD:\u00a0The Bakongo\u00a0Cosmogram\u00a0and the Four Realms of Time - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Armelle\u00a0Tulunda\u00a0is a Villa Albertine resident based in Savannah, from\u00a0April 7\u00a0to May 25.\u00a0In her current research, Armelle\u00a0Tulunda\u00a0investigates the link between space exploration and colonialism.\u00a0While in the U.S. Southeast, she uncovers the spiritual and cultural traces left by enslaved Congolese people in Savannah, focusing on the Yowa\u00a0cosmogram\u00a0found at the First African Baptist Church. 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