Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo: Radiance They Dream in Time

Published on the occasion of the two-person exhibition Radiance: They Dream in Time, featuring Acaye Kerunen and Collin Sekajugo, in Uganda’s inaugural national pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (2022).  Kerunen and Sekajugo’s dual ways of making art, despite their different aesthetic approaches, find common ground in their respective visions of materiality and form. Says curator Shaheen Merali: “Radiance: They Dream in Time refers to the essential knowledge and lived experiences of Kerunen and Sekajugo in speaking to the many different territories of Uganda as well as to urban trade and living conditions in its urban centres. Both artists have been actively working with formal and informal archives of Uganda’s dynamic visual culture.”  Acaye Kerunen’s process as a socially engaged artist foregrounds the work of local and regional Ugandan craftswomen, celebrating them as integral collaborators and elevating the artistic practices