Camera Obscura

In Camera Obscura (chambre noire in Latin), Mpoka engages with themes of memorialization, subversion, colonial history and representation by deconstructing traditional modes of making, and by experimenting with the narrative and material potential of images and objects.Through an auto-ethnographic exploration, Mpoka delves into the colonial legacy of photography and the camera obscura, drawing on daguerreotype aesthetics and silhouette self-portraits to craft photo-objects that resonate beyond her polyphonic heritage.