THE
RESIDENCY
2026
LUNA MAHOUX
ARTIST
IN RESIDENCE
OPEN STUDIO
PV
AUG, 20
5PM — 8PM
Opening times:
FRI 21
Open 10AM — 6PM
SAT 22
Open 10AM — 2PM
Luna Mahoux is a Belgian artist of Ethiopian origin whose practice unfolds through film, photography, and installation. Her work explores invisibilized Afro-diasporic narratives through a dialogue between personal archives, vernacular images, and popular internet culture. Drawing from both intimate and collective histories, she creates visual essays that question memory, the circulation of images, and the politics of representation.
A graduate of La Cambre in painting, she joined Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts (Tourcoing) in 2023, where she further develops her practice of moving images. She directed her first documentary, The Other Queen of Memphis, selected in competition at Cinéma du Réel at the Centre Pompidou (Paris).
Her work and films have been widely exhibited and presented internationally, including at the Cordova ( Spain), good or trash ( Paris) kustverein Hamburg (Germany) Salon de Montrouge (Paris), Chez Mécène du Sud (Montpellier), , the Circulation(s) Festival at CENTQUATRE (Paris), KANAL – Centre Pompidou (Brussels), FOMU (Antwerp), Basel Social Club (Basel), Cherish (Geneva), Coalmine (Winterthur), Photo Elysée (Lausanne), Triangle Astéride (Marseille), The Metrograph with Montez Press Radio (New York), Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection (Paris), Arsenic ( Lausann)..
In 2023, she received the .tiff – Emerging Belgian Photography Prize awarded by FOMU (Antwerp), followed by the Fintro Prize (Brussels) in 2024.
Black Itinerant Library is a living, travelling library that will make its first appearance in London as part of artist and filmmaker Luna Mahoux's residency at House Work Present.
In collaboration with London based Black Queer collective BLACK OBSIDIAN SOUND SYSTEM (B.O.S.S.), with fundings by Kunsthaus Glarus (CH).
BOOKS, ARTIST BOOKS, ESSAYS, ZINES, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, POSTERS, FLYERS, FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, SONGS, AUDIO RECORDINGS, ORAL HISTORIES, PERSONAL OR COMMUNITY ARCHIVES, SCREENSHOTS, DIGITAL FILES, POEMS, SCORES, OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL THAT CARRIES AND PRESERVES BLACK HISTORIES, CULTURES, MEMORIES, AND EXPERIENCES.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
TO CONTRIBUTE AND HELP BUILD
THIS LIVING ARCHIVE
Archival materials can be donated in person in London at:
CAFE OTO
18-22 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL
THE COMMON PRESS - DALSTON
97 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 8BX
or sent digitally by email to:
blackitinerantlibrary@gmail.com
All contributions will be on display from 20–22 August at House Work Presents during the open studio of artist Luna Mahoux.
Contributions can be collected from 28 August onwards at Café OTO.
House Work Presents, Luna Mahoux, and Café OTO cannot be held responsible for any lost, missing, or damaged items.
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